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Original Article

Polymerase Chain Reaction in Pediatric Post-traumatic Fungal Endophthalmitis among Egyptian Children

Abdelrahman Gaber SalmanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EgyptCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, FRCS,
Dina Ezzat MansourDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
, MD,
Ahmad Abdelmegid RadwanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
, MD &
Lamia Ezzat MansourDepartment of Immunology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
, MD
Pages 127-132 | Received 22 May 2009, Accepted 07 Oct 2009, Published online: 06 Apr 2010

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