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Bilateral Posterior Scleritis: Analysis of 18 Cases from a Large Cohort of Posterior Scleritis

Julio J. González-LópezMoorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, ;Surgery Department, Universidad de Alcalá School of Medicine, Madrid, Spain,
, MD, MSc,
Alenka LavricMoorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK,
, MD,
Parthopratim Dutta MajumderMedical Research Foundation, Chennai, India,
, MS,
Nishat BansalMedical Research Foundation, Chennai, India,
, MS,
Jyotirmay BiswasMedical Research Foundation, Chennai, India,
, MD,
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
, FRCOphth &
Rupesh AgrawalMoorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, ;National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, SingaporeCorrespondence[email protected]
, FRCS, MMed show all
Pages 16-23 | Received 17 Nov 2014, Accepted 22 Apr 2015, Published online: 16 Oct 2015

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