Diagnostic approaches to lacrimal keratoconjunctivitis

Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 269-308

  De Paiva, Cintia S ^a   Pflugfelder, Stephen C ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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