Acanthamoeba Keratitis: Contact Lens and Noncontact Lens Characteristics

Ophthalmology

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 1369-1373

  Chynn, Emil W ^a   Lopez, Miguel A ^a,b   Pavan Langston, Deborah ^a   Talamo, Jonathan H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KERATITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029124233     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(95)30862-7     Document Type: Article

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