Contact lens-associated Acanthamoeba keratitis in Iran

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 40-47

  Maghsood, A H ^a,b   Rezaian, M ^a   Rahimi, F ^c   Ghiasian, S A ^b   Farnia, Sh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Amoebic keratitis; Contact lens; Iran

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA EXTRACTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IRAN; LIQUID CULTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFT CONTACT LENS;

EID: 25444514789     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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