Human ocular angiostrongyliasis: A literature review

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 76-78

  Diao, Zongli ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Qi, Haiyu ^a   Li, Xiaoli ^a   Zheng, Xiaoyan ^a   Yin, Chenghong ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RARE DISEASE; SNAIL; SYMPTOM; VEGETABLE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 79953221449     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2010.100294     Document Type: Article

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