Phlyctenular eye disease in association with Hymenolepis nana in Egypt.
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Phlyctenular eye disease in association with Hymenolepis nana in Egypt.
It had been previously noticed that infection with parasites was common in children suffering from phlyctenulosis. In the present study the stools of 471 patients suffering from phlyctenular disease were examined and it was found that 62.6% of them had Hymenolepis nana ova in their stools as compared with 10.8% of the controls. All patients had Hymenolipis nana immune sera. Many of these patien...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.63.9.627