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Photokeratitis following the manipulation of aquaria disinfection lamps
  1. Amit S Verma1,
  2. Dorian Dwarika2,
  3. Ronnie M Bhola3,
  4. Sheraiz Emamali3
  1. 1Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
  2. 2Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham, UK
  3. 3Ophthalmology Department, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 A S Verma
 Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK; sedna1973{at}yahoo.co.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2006.044172

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    We report a cluster of six patients (from five independent incidents) presenting with photokeratitis to the same ophthalmic emergency department within a 6 month period, all with bilateral photophobic, …

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