Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 269-271 , December 2006

Acanthamoeba keratitis associated with misuse of daily disposable contact lenses

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PII: S1367-0484(06)00100-7

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.08.002

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 269-271 , December 2006