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Pterygium: prevalence, demography and risk factors

Seang-Mei Saw 1Department of Community, Occupational Family Medicine, National University of Singapore,
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Donald Tan 2Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore
Pages 219-228 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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