Giant papillary conjunctivitis associated with an ocular prosthesis
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Experimental Optometry
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0816-4622,1444-0938
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2001.tb05041.x