Ocular manifestations of various systemic diseases

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 96-98

  Mansour, Ahmad M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

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Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; EYE CANCER; EYE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LASER COAGULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PHAKOMATOSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 0030432384     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199612000-00016     Document Type: Review

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