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Original Article

Intraocular pressure lowering effect of dorzolamide/timolol fixed combination in patients with glaucoma who were unresponsive to prostaglandin analogs/prostamides*

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Pages 595-599 | Accepted 18 Jan 2007, Published online: 12 Feb 2007

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