Pharmacotherapy of scleritis: current paradigms and future directions.

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Published in Expert Opin Pharmacother on February 21, 2013

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Robert M Beardsley1, Eric B Suhler, James T Rosenbaum, Phoebe Lin

Author Affiliations

1: Oregon Health & Science University, Casey Eye Institute, 3375 SW Terwilliger Blvd, Portland, OR 97239, USA.

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