Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 201-206 , August 2008

A case of fungal keratitis: A clinical and in vivo confocal microscopy assessment

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2008.03.008

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 201-206 , August 2008

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