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Clinical Research, Comparison of the Subjective Visual Function in Patients with Epiphora and Patients with Second-Eye Cataract

Namir Kafil-Hussain Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Aylesbury, HP21 8AL, U.K.
, FRCS &
Ramona Khooshebah Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Aylesbury, HP21 8AL, U.K.
, FRCS, FRCOphth
Pages 33-38 | Accepted 01 Oct 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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