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Research Article

Severe ocular injuries in Greek children

Ephigenia K. Mela Department of Ophthalmology, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece
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Constantinos D. Georgakopoulos Department of Ophthalmology, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece
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Athanasios Georgalis Department of Ophthalmology, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece
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John X. Koliopoulos Department of Ophthalmology, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece
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Sotirios P. Gartaganis Department of Ophthalmology, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, GreeceCorrespondence ifigenia@hol
Pages 23-29 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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