The Impact of Antiviral Resistance on Herpetic Keratitis

Majid Moshirfar1, Neil Kelkar, Telyn Peterson

  • 1Hoopes Vision Research Center (M.M., Y.C.R., P.C.H.), Hoopes Vision, Draper, UT; John A. Moran Eye Center (M.M.), Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT; Utah Lions Eye Bank (M.M.), Murray, UT; University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix (N.K.), Phoenix, AZ; and Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine (T.P., J.B., L.P.), Ivins, UT.

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|November 14, 2022
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