0.05). Demodex folliculorum was significantly more prevalent in diabetic patients (54.8%) than in control patients (38.1%) (p=0.048). CONCLUSION: Demodex folliculorum was more prevalent in diabetic patients than in healthy voluntaries, independently of gender and age." />
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Demodex folliculorum on the eyelash follicule of diabetic patients

Demodex folliculorum nos cílios de pacientes diabéticos

Letícia Satsiê Fátima de Freitas Yamashita1; Angelino Julio Cariello2; Nahin Mohamed Ali Geha2; Maria Cecilia Zorat Yu3; Ana Luisa Hofling-Lima4

DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492011000600008


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