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Increasing importance of dry eye syndrome and the ideal artificial tear: consensus views from a roundtable discussion

Penny A. Asbell Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NYCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 2149-2157 | Accepted 21 Aug 2006, Published online: 28 Sep 2006

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