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Research Article

Asteroid hyalosis in an older population: the Blue Mountains Eye Study

Paul Mitchell Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Australia
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Maria Y. Wang Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Australia
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Jie Jin Wang Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence [email protected]
Pages 331-335 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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