Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acanthamoeba Keratitis
Open Access
- 6 December 2012
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 2012, 1-6
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/484892
Abstract
This paper aims to review the recent literature describing Acanthamoeba keratitis and outline current thoughts on pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment as well as currently emerging diagnostic and treatment modalities.This publication has 46 references indexed in Scilit:
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