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Polymerase Chain Reaction-guided Diagnosis of Infective Keratitis – A Hospital based Study

Khaled Gamal Abu EleinenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, EgyptCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ahmad Abdalla MohalhalDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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Hany Elmekawy ElmekawyDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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Ahmad M. AbdulbakiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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Ahmad Mohammad SherifDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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Rasha H. El-SherifDepartment of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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Eiman M. Abdul RahmanDepartment of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
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Pages 1005-1011 | Received 10 Nov 2011, Accepted 22 May 2012, Published online: 29 Jun 2012

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Mohammad Abolhosseini, Seyed Mohamadmehdi Moshtaghion, Mozhgan Rezaei Kanavi & Seyed Bagher Hosseini. (2022) A triad of microscopes for rapid and proper diagnosis of infectious keratitis. Clinical and Experimental Optometry 105:3, pages 333-335.
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