Relationship between immediate post-operative appearance and 6-week operative outcome in trichiasis surgery.

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Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on July 10, 2012

Authors

Shannath L Merbs1, Jennifer C Harding, Sandra D Cassard, Beatriz E Munoz, Sheila K West, Emily W Gower

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. smerbs@jhmi.edu

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