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. 2018 Jul-Sep;13(3):361-362.
doi: 10.4103/2008-322X.158891.

Ocular Myiasis

Parul Chawla Gupta  1 , Jagat Ram  1 , T T Faisal  1 , Aniruddha Agarwal  2 , Sumeeta Khurana  3 , Amber Prasad  3
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Ocular Myiasis

Parul Chawla Gupta et al. J Ophthalmic Vis Res. 2018 Jul-Sep.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Maggot on the upper lateral portion of the palpebral conjunctiva (b) anatomical morphology of the maggot.
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