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. 2000 Dec;84(12):1428–1431. doi: 10.1136/bjo.84.12.1428

Management of ocular ischaemic syndrome

R MALHOTRA 1, K GREGORY-EVANS 1
PMCID: PMC1723350  PMID: 11090489

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