Acanthamoeba keratitis. The value of early diagnosis.

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Published in Ophthalmology on August 01, 1993

Authors

A S Bacon1, J K Dart, L A Ficker, M M Matheson, P Wright

Author Affiliations

1: Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.

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