A retrospective study of nine cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1189-1192

  Mutoh, Tetsuya ^a   Ishikawa, Isao ^a   Matsumoto, Yukihiro ^a   Chikuda, Makoto ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Contact lens wearers; Surgical debridement

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; PREDNISOLONE; TAP WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA LESION; CORNEA PERFORATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78650684329     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S14202     Document Type: Article

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