Upper eyelid localisation of Tunga penetrans

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 221, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 439-442

  Kaimbo Wa Kaimbo, D ^a,c   Bifuko, A ^a   Parys Van Ginderdeuren, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Congo)

Author keywords

Tunga penetrans, Democratic Republic of Congo; Tunga penetrans, upper eyelid

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXCISION; EYE EDEMA; FEMALE; FLEA; HUMAN; MALE; OCULAR PRURITUS; PAPULE; PARASITOSIS; PTOSIS; SAND FLEA; SLIT LAMP; UPPER EYELID; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; EDEMA; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PRURITUS; SIPHONAPTERA; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 35349019320     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107508     Document Type: Article

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