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Risk factors and clinical signs of severe Acanthamoeba keratitis

Machiko Shimmura-TomitaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan, [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]

Hiroko TakanoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan, [email protected]

Nozomi KinoshitaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan, [email protected]

Fumihiko ToyodaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan, [email protected]

Yoshiaki TanakaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan, [email protected]

Rina TakagiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan, [email protected]

Mina KobayashiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan, [email protected]

Akihiro KakehashiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan, [email protected]

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Pages 2567-2573 | Published online: 10 Dec 2018

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