Transient facial swellings in a patient with a remote African travel history

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 183-185

  Richardson, Eugene T ^a   Luo, Robert ^a   Fink, Doran L ^b   Nutman, Thomas B ^b   Geisse, John K ^c   Barry, Michele ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ADULT; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYELID EDEMA; FACE EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOA LOA; LOIASIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NEMATODE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA PLAQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL;

DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; EDEMA; EYELID DISEASES; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; LOIASIS; MALE; NIGERIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 84860243140     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00612.x     Document Type: Review

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