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. 1992;90:225–246.

Initial experience with a new method of laser transscleral cyclophotocoagulation for ciliary ablation in severe glaucoma.

D E Gaasterland 1, I P Pollack 1
PMCID: PMC1298436  PMID: 1494821

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