Acanthamoeba keratitis: A masquerade of presentation in six cases
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A retrospective study of nine cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis
PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical features of Acanthamoeba keratitis in nine patients diagnosed at Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, Saitama, Japan. METHODS In nine eyes of nine patients, Acanthamoeba keratitis was diagnosed by direct light microscopy of corneal scrapings stained by the Parker ink-potassium hydroxide method between September 2006 and September 2009. Their clinical ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0814-9763,1440-1606
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1993.tb00962.x