A safety audit of the first 10 000 intravitreal ranibizumab injections performed by nurse practitioners
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Eye
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2014.153