منابع مشابه
Ocular onchocerciasis.
ONCHOCERCIASIS is caused by infection with the adult filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus; the microfilariae of this worm develop in the body of man and sometimes penetrate the tissues of the eye where they set up pathological changes leading to blindness; embryos may also be found in the skin, in lymph glands, in the fluid of hydroceles, and in effusions into joints. The disease has been reported...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1952
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.36.2.81