Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 49, Issue 2, Supplement 2 , Pages S53-S54 , March 2004

Challenges in ocular infectious diseases and the evolution of anti-infective therapy

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☆ The authors wish to thank Stacy Evans, MD, for his diligent assistance with manuscript preparation and coordination of the articles in this supplement.

PII: S0039-6257(04)00002-5

doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2004.01.001

Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 49, Issue 2, Supplement 2 , Pages S53-S54 , March 2004

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