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Sterile corneal melting and necrotizing scleritis after cataract surgery in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and collagen vascular disease

Victor L. Perez The Ocular Immunology and Uveitis and Cornea/External Diseases Departments, Massachusetts Eye #0026;Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Dimitri T. Azar The Ocular Immunology and Uveitis and Cornea/External Diseases Departments, Massachusetts Eye #0026;Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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C. Stephen Foster The Ocular Immunology and Uveitis and Cornea/External Diseases Departments, Massachusetts Eye #0026;Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Pages 124-130 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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