Infectious keratitis by acanthamoeba spp. amoeba structure analysis using transmission electronic microscope;Queratitis inflamatoria por Acanthamoeba spp. Análisis estructural por microscopía electrónica de transmisión

Parasitologia Latinoamericana

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 159-165

  Latapie, Liliana B ^a   Cremona, G ^a   Carrasco, M A ^b   Molina, V E ^a   Bozzini, J P ^c   Mariano, M L ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Microbiologia Dr Carlos GMalbran   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c Miembro de la Carrera de Investigador (CONICET)   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Keratitis; Transmission electronic microscope

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449086570     PISSN: 07177704     EISSN: 07177712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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