Ocular toxocariasis: Epidemiologic, anatomic, and therapeutic variations based on a survey of ophthalmic subspecialists

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1211-1217

  Woodhall, Dana ^a   Starr, Michelle C ^a   Montgomery, Susan P ^a   Jones, Jeffrey L ^a   Lum, Flora ^b   Read, Russell W ^c   Moorthy, Ramana S ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCULAR TOXOCARIASIS; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; SCOTOMA; SUBRETINAL GRANULOMATOUS MASS; SUBRETINAL GRANULOMATOUS SCAR; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DOGS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863418567     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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