Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on August 28, 2012
A Trial of Non-absorbable Versus Absorbable Sutures for Trichiasis Surgery | NCT00522860
A Trial of Epilation Verses Surgery for Minor Trichiasis | NCT00522912
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