Cutaneous myiasis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 907-926

  McGraw, Timothy A ^a,b   Turiansky, George W ^a,b,c  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARVICIDAL AGENT;

DERMATOBIA; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXCISION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPODERMA BOVIS; INFESTATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MAGGOT; MYIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; HUMANS; LARVA; MYIASIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 43249099083     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.03.014     Document Type: Review

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