High prevalence of Demodex in eyelashes with cylindrical dandruff

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3089-3094

  Gao, Ying Ying ^a,b   Di Pascuale, Mario A ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Liu, Daniel Tzong Shyue ^a,c   Baradaran Rafii, Alireza ^a   Elizondo, Antonio ^a   Kawakita, Tetsuya ^a   Raju, Vadrevu K ^a   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^a  

^a OCULAR SURFACE CENTER   (United States)

^b FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHAMPOO;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; DANDRUFF; DEMODEX; EYELASH; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; ANIMAL; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EYE INFECTION; HAIR; HAIR DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; EYELASHES; HAIR; HAIR DISEASES; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 27244455616     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0275     Document Type: Article

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