Putative Corneal Neuralgia Responding to Vitamin D Supplementation
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چکیده
A patient with putative corneal neuralgia was incidentally discovered to have hypovitaminosis D. Supplementation of vitamin D appears to have led to a resolution of the patient's pain, whereas other efforts to treat the patient were unsuccessful.
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دوره 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013