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Case Report

Long Term Follow-Up of Prototheca keratitis: A Case Report

Kazumi Minato1 Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Center, Hidaka Medical Center, Toyooka Hospital, Toyooka City, Hyogo669-5392, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Munemitsu Yoshikawa1 Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Center, Hidaka Medical Center, Toyooka Hospital, Toyooka City, Hyogo669-5392, JapanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0919-1387
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Hideo Nakanishi1 Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Center, Hidaka Medical Center, Toyooka Hospital, Toyooka City, Hyogo669-5392, JapanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0158-8278
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Kaori Hasegawa2 Department of Microbiology, Toyooka Hospital, Toyooka City, Hyogo668-0065, Japan
Pages 503-506 | Published online: 09 Oct 2020

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