Internal posterior ophthalmomyiasis: Report of two cases of live subretinal larva;Oftalmomiíase interna posterior: Relato de dois casos de larva viva no espaço sub-retiniano

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-141

  De Almeida Torres, Rogil José ^a   Shiokawa, Naoye ^b   De Almeida Torres, Rogério João ^a  

^a Instituto Penido Burnier   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Case report; Light coagulation; Muscidae parasitology; Myasis diagnosis; Parasitic eye infections

Indexed keywords

EID: 4244017937     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492001000200009     Document Type: Article

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