Would Ancylostoma caninum be one of the agents of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis (D.U.S.N) in Brazil?;Seria o Ancylostoma caninum um dos agentes da neurorretinite sub-aguda difusa unilateral (D.U.S.N.) no Brasil?

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 473-476

  Casella, Antônio Marcelo Barbante ^a   Machado, Roberto Augusto ^a   Tsuro, Andréa ^a   Hato, Maurício ^a   Costa, Rogério ^a   Farah, Michel Eid ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma sorology; Eye infections, parasitic larva migrans parasitology; Optic neuritis etiology; Retinitis etiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950454970     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492001000500019     Document Type: Article

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