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. 1996 Sep;80(9):849. doi: 10.1136/bjo.80.9.849

Acanthamoeba keratitis: first recorded case from a Palestinian patient with trachoma.

A Pyott, J Hay, D Seal
PMCID: PMC505626  PMID: 8942385

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