Acanthamoeba keratitis;Ceratite por acanthamoeba

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-159

  Alvarenga, Lênio Souza ^a   De Freitas, Denise ^a   Hofling Lima, Ana Luísa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 77950374083     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492000000200013     Document Type: Article

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