Acanthamoeba keratitis: Multicentre survey in England 1992-6

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1387-1392

  Radford, Cherry F ^a   Lehmann, Ordan J ^b   Dart, John K G ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORINE; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE);

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT LENS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SWIMMING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031790092     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.12.1387     Document Type: Article

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