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Research Article

A comparison of the fourth-generation fluoroquinolones gatifloxacin 0.3% and moxifloxacin 0.5% in terms of ocular tolerability

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Pages 1753-1758 | Accepted 13 Sep 2004, Published online: 24 Sep 2004

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