Ocular leech infestation

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 440-442

  Dey, Rubi ^a   Dey, Subhajeet ^a  

^a SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Blurring of vision; Leech; Red eye

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; LIDOCAINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CORNEA LIMBUS; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MALE; MYOPIA; OCULAR LEECH INFESTATION; REMISSION; STREAM (RIVER); WORM INFECTION;

AGED; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE FOREIGN BODIES; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; HUMANS; LEECHES; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE;

EID: 78149269281     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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