Freshwater sponge spicules: A new agent of ocular pathology

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 899-903

  Volkmer Ribeiro, Cecilia ^a   Lenzi, Henrique L ^b   Oréfice, Fernando ^c   Pelajo Machado, Marcelo ^b   De Alencar, Leandro M ^a   Fonseca, Carlos F ^d   Batista, Twiggy C A ^e   Manso, Pedro P A ^b   Coelho, Janice ^f   Machado, Marcelo ^f  

^a FUNDAÇÃO ZOOBOTÂNICA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d Hospital de Referência   (Brazil)

^e Diretoria de Vigilância À Saúde   (Brazil)

^f Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drulia ctenosclera; Drulia uruguayensis; Eye; Foreign body; Ocular pathology; Sponge spicules

Indexed keywords

DRULIA; SPONGILLIDAE;

EID: 33846395431     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000800013     Document Type: Article

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