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Original Article

Failure of chemotherapy in the first reported cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis in Pakistan

Ruqaiyyah SiddiquiDepartment of Biological and Biomedical SciencesAga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan,
,
Tanveer ChaudhryDepartment of SurgeryAga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
,
Sahreena LakhundiDepartment of Biological and Biomedical SciencesAga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan,
,
Khabir AhmadDepartment of SurgeryAga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
&
Naveed Ahmed KhanDepartment of Biological and Biomedical SciencesAga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan,Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 49-52 | Published online: 27 Dec 2013

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