Loa loa macrofilariasis in the eyelid: Case report of the first periocular subcutaneous manifestation in Germany

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 883-884

  Sbeity, Zaher H ^a   Jaksche, Axel ^a   Martin, Sybille ^a   Loeffler, Karin U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANAMNESIS; ARM SWELLING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE PAIN; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID EDEMA; GERMANY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LOA LOA; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WORM;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANIMALS; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOA; LOIASIS; MALE; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

EID: 33746307118     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0181-6     Document Type: Article

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