Patients with essential blepharospasm and glaucoma : case
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Trabalho realizado na Clínica Oftalmológica do Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP São Paulo (SP) Brasil. 1 Pós-graduando do Departamento de Plástica Ocular do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo USP São Paulo (SP) Brasil. 2 Vitreous and Retina Clinical Fellow, University of California Irvine USA. 3 Chefe do Departamento de Glaucoma do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP São Paulo (SP) Brasil. 4 Chefe do Departamento de Plástica Ocular do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP São Paulo (SP) Brasil.
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