An unusual cause of acute lid swelling [18]

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-272

  De Silva, D J ^a   Strouthidis, N G ^b   Tariq, S ^c   Davies, N ^b  

^a WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; TETRACAINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONJUNCTIVA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EYELID EDEMA; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETTER; LOA LOA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROFILARIASIS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCRIPTION; RAIN FOREST; RETINA DETACHMENT; SKIN BIOPSY; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 33646268163     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701855     Document Type: Letter

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