Medical interventions for acanthamoeba keratitis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Alkharashi, Majed ^a   Lindsley, Kristina ^b   Sikder, Shameema ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYE EVISCERATION; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 85040448896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010792     Document Type: Article

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