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Letter to the Editor

The Complete Success in Refractory Mooren’s Ulcer Treated with Infliximab

Ayşe İdil Çakmaka Department of Ophthalmology, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Tayfur Ata Sokmen Medical School, Hatay, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yonca Akovab Department of Ophthalmology, Bayındır Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0177-9517View further author information
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Nilgün Yıldırımc Department of Ophthalmology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Medical School, Eskişehir, TurkeyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6266-4951View further author information
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Pages 682-688 | Received 25 Sep 2021, Accepted 14 Jun 2022, Published online: 13 Jul 2022

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