Ciliary body metastasis masquerading as scleritis.

نویسندگان

  • Brian J Lee
  • Careen Y Lowder
  • Charles Biscotti
  • Lynn Schoenfield
  • Arun D Singh
چکیده

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of ophthalmology

دوره 91 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007