Ixodes tick infestation of the eyelid of a child [1]

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 783-784

  Singh, Mandeep ^a   Gopalakrishnakone, Ponnampalam ^b   Yeoh, Ronald L S ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Eye Clinic Singapura   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GATIFLOXACIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHALAZION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYELID; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; INFESTATION; IXODES; LETTER; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33846282338     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/I06-082     Document Type: Letter

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