Epidemiologic and predisposing factors of microbial keratitis in a reference service in Brazil;Estudo dos fatores epidemiológicos e influentes na ceratite microbiana em serviço universitário

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-13

  Do Sacramento, Rogério Silva ^a   De Castro, Leonardo ^a   De Freitas, Denise ^a   Branco, Bruno Castelo ^a   De Lima, Ana Luiza H ^a   Vieira, Luis ^a   Sato, Elcio Hideo ^a   De Souza, Luciene Barbosa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Keratitis etiology; Keratitis microbiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951889257     PISSN: 00347280     EISSN: 19828551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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