Successful salvage treatment of Lecythophora mutabilis keratitis with topical voriconazole

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

سال: 2011

ISSN: 2146-3158,2146-9369

DOI: 10.5799/ahinjs.02.2011.02.0018