Mansonella ozzardi corneal lesions in the Amazon: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Vianna, Lucas Monferrari Monteiro ^a   Martins, Marilaine ^b   Cohen, Marcos Jacob ^c   Cohen, Jacob Moyses ^c   Belfort, Rubens ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BRAZIL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LESION; CORNEAL BIOPSY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANSONELLA OZZARDI; MANSONELLIASIS; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MICROFILARIASIS; NUMMULAR KERATITIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SURGICAL WOUND;

EID: 84870999306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001266     Document Type: Article

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