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Prevalence of Congenital Ocular Anomalies among Children with Genetic Disorders: An Egyptian Study

Reham H. TomairekFaculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, EgyptCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Maha M. AminFaculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
,
Karima RaafatNational Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
,
Sawsan Abdel HadyFaculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
&
Ahmed ElkotouryNational Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
Pages 613-619 | Published online: 09 Oct 2017

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