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Original Article

Treatment of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma with a fixed combination of brimonidine 0.2%/timolol 0.5%: multicenter, open-label, observational study in Germany*

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Pages 1003-1009 | Accepted 09 Feb 2009, Published online: 11 Mar 2009

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