Twenty years of acanthamoeba keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 516-519

  Carvalho, F R S ^a   Foronda, A S ^a,b   Mannis, M J ^c   Hofling Lima A L ^a   Belfort, R ^a   Freitas, Denise De ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Rua Botucatu   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Case series; Keratitis

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAZIL; CONTACT LENS; CORNEAL BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 67650637748     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318193e0fe     Document Type: Article

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