Ocular involvement in systemic Loa-Loa filariasis. Case report and review of the literature;Okuläre beteiligung bei systemischer Loa-Loa-infektion: Fallbericht und literaturübersicht

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 931-934

  Jaksche, A ^a   Wessels, L ^a   Martin, S ^b   Loeffler, K U ^a  

^a Augenklinik   (Germany)

^b Inst fur Medizinische Parasitologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calabar swelling; Chrysops fly; Helminthes; Loa Loa; Loiasis

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; MEBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARM; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; EOSINOPHILIA; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FLY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; JOINT; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RAIN FOREST; REVIEW; RHEUMATOLOGY; SKIN; SLIT LAMP; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; WORM INFECTION;

EID: 4544330830     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: 14330423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-004-0994-4     Document Type: Review

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