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Research Article

Canaliculitis: The incidence of long-term epiphora following canaliculotomy

Seema Anand Wolverhampton & Midland Counties Eye Infirmary, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, U.K.
,
Kay Hollingworth
,
Vinod Kumar
&
Soupramanien Sandramouli
Pages 19-26 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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