Incidence of acanthamoeba keratitis associated with contact lens wear [8]

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9075, 1997, Pages 414-

  Morlet, Nigel ^a,b   Duguid, Graham ^b   Radford, Cherry ^b   Matheson, Melville ^b   Dart, John ^b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATITIS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0342506449     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)64138-4     Document Type: Article

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