Acanthamoeba keratitis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.

Niyati Desai et al. Diagn Cytopathol. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;51(1):98-100.

doi: 10.1002/dc.25078. Epub 2022 Nov 12.

¹ Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.

No abstract available

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