Ocular myocysticercosis
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Ocular myocysticercosis.
The recent report on ocular myocysticercosis is very interesting (Agrawal et al, 2013). The authors have noted that ocular myocysticercosis can be diagnosed by MRI and treated medically with steroids and albendazole. In fact, ocular myocysticercosis is sporadically reported worldwide. As previously published in Nepal J Ophthalmol (Wiwanitkit , 2013; Labh & Sharma, 2013), ptosis can be the impor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2091-0320,2072-6805
DOI: 10.3126/nepjoph.v6i1.10788