Intravitreal dirofilariasis: A rare ocular infection

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Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-59

  Gorezis, S ^a   Psilla, M ^a   Asproudis, I ^a   Peschos, D ^a   Papadopoulou, C ^a   Stefaniotou, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria repens; Filariasis; Intravitreal dirofilariasis; Nematodes; Ocular infection; Parasitosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTOLATE; STEROID;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIROFILARIA REPENS; EYE INFECTION; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCLERECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY;

ANIMALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33644894528     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: 17445108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01676830500499224     Document Type: Article

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