Ocular Angiostrongyliasis - First case report from Jamaica

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-385

  Mattis, A ^a   Mowatt, L ^b   Lue, A ^a   Lindo, J ^b   Vaughan, H ^b  

^a Kingston Public Hospital   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; MEBENDAZOLE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; OCULAR ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEBENDAZOLE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 75749093971     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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