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Research Article

Periocular mexametric melanin and erythema indexes in adult glaucoma patients treated with topical prostaglandin analogs

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Pages 9-11 | Received 01 Nov 2015, Accepted 06 Jan 2016, Published online: 24 Feb 2016

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