Acanthamoeba as a cause of peripheral ulcerative keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 576-577

  Moreira, Arun Thomas ^b   Prajna, N Venkatesh ^a  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Microbiological investigations; Peripheral ulcerative keratitis

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA RODENT ULCER; CORNEA ULCER; CYST; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; STROMA CELL; VIRUS KERATITIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; CORNEAL ULCER; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0041342117     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200308000-00018     Document Type: Article

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