Oral myiasis treated with ivermectin: Case report

Brazilian Dental Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-81

  Shinohara, Elio Hitoshi ^a,b   Martini, Marcelo Zillo ^a   De Oliveira Neto, Humberto Gomes ^a   Takahashi, André ^a  

^a SUS SP ^*  (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ivermectin; Oral myiasis; Parasitosis

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; LARVA; MAXILLA; MYIASIS; PARASITOSIS;

EID: 18344396611     PISSN: 01036440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-64402004000100015     Document Type: Article

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