Ocular dirofilariasis: A case report;Okularna dirofilarioza - Prikaz bolesnice

Acta Medica Croatica

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-45

  Janjetović, Željka ^a   Arar, Željka Vuković ^a   Paradžik, Maja Tomić ^b   Šapina, Lidija ^a   Bitunjac, Milan ^a   Lojen, Gordana ^a   Marinculić, Albert ^c  

^a Odjel za Očne Bolesti Opća Bolnica Dr Josip Benčević ^*  (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^c University of Zagreb Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria repens; Ocular dirofilariasis; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OCULAR DIROFILARIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLIT LAMP;

AGED; DIROFILARIASIS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 77955930008     PISSN: 13300164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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