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Impact of first health care provider on Acanthamoeba keratitis course. How to overcome poor prognosis in AK treatment? Single tertiary center, observational study

2023-05-24

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<h4>Background: </h4> To assess the difference in course and final visual outcome of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) patients based on the first health care provider (HCP) seen. Methods Retrospective observational cohort study of AK patients admitted to the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital between 2003 and 2017. HCPs were grouped (Group 1: Optometrists, Opticians; Group 2: General Practitioners (GPs); Group 3: Ophthalmo...

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Literature Corpus work: 646dfff6-c46a-538c-ac22-c1eebd65d7d0
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2870234/v1

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