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Letter To the Editor: Reply to a Published Manuscript

Effect of Systemically Used Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Medication on the Corneal Epithelium and Stroma of Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Pages 223-228 | Received 24 Apr 2015, Accepted 09 Oct 2015, Published online: 05 Jan 2016

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