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Posterior Scleritis: Analysis of Epidemiology, Clinical Factors, and Risk of Recurrence in a Cohort of 114 Patients

Alenka LavricMoorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK,
, MD, MSc,
Julio J. Gonzalez-LopezMoorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, ;Surgery Department, Universidad de Alcalá School of Medicine, Madrid, Spain,
, MD, PhD, FEBO,
Parthopratim Dutta MajumderMedical Research Foundation, Chennai, India,
, MS,
Nishat BansalMedical Research Foundation, Chennai, India,
, DNB,
Jyotirmay BiswasMedical Research Foundation, Chennai, India,
, MS,
Carlos PavesioMoorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, ;Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK, and
, MD &
Rupesh AgrawalMoorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, ;National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, SingaporeCorrespondence[email protected]
, FRCS show all
Pages 6-15 | Received 05 Dec 2014, Accepted 05 Jan 2015, Published online: 02 Jul 2015

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Adem Tellioğlu, Berru Yargı Özkoçak, Burcu Kemer Atik, Berna Başarır & Cigdem Altan. (2023) Clinical Features, Treatment, and Visual Outcomes of Posterior Scleritis from Tertiary Eye Care Center. Ocular Immunology and Inflammation 0:0, pages 1-7.
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