The co-occurrence of Toxocara ocular and visceral larva migrans syndrome: A case series

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Paul, Małgorzata ^a   Stefaniak, Jerzy ^a   Twardosz Pawlik, Hanna ^a   Pecold, Krystyna ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CATARACT; CHILD; CHORIORETINITIS; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; LIVER GRANULOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OCULAR LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLAND; POLLUTION; REINFECTION; RETINA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STRABISMUS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; UNILATERAL BLINDNESS; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 77949461638     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-0002-0000006881     Document Type: Article

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