Recently recognized cases of ophthalmofilariasis in Hungary

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 675-678

  Fodor, Eszter ^a   Fok, Éva ^b   Maka, Erika ^a   Lukáts, Olga ^a   Tóth, Jeanette ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Department of Physiology   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria repens; Ophthalmofilariasis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; DIROFILARIA REPENS; EYE EDEMA; EYE INFECTION; EYE PAIN; EYE SURGERY; EYELID EDEMA; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNGARY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OPHTHALMOFILARIASIS; ORBIT INFLAMMATION; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SLIT LAMP; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; WOUND HEALING; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ZOONOSES;

EID: 70549089038     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210901900424     Document Type: Article

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