Bilateral symmetrical corneal melting following intravesical Bacille Calmette-Guerin therapy for bladder carcinoma
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عنوان ژورنال: Oman Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0974-620X
DOI: 10.4103/0974-620x.99374