Crystalline keratopathy associated with fungal superinfection.

J Fr Ophtalmol

Ophthalmology Unit, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Calle del Prof Martín Lagos, s/n, Moncloa-Aravaca, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

Published: October 2024

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