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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Current Indications and Resultant Complications of Evisceration

Imtiaz A. Chaudhry Oculoplastic and Orbit Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
,
Hisham S AlKuraya Retina Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
,
Farrukh A. Shamsi Research Department, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
,
Elsanusi Elzaridi Royal Infirmary, New Castle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Fenwick C. Riley Department of Pathology, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Pages 93-97 | Received 15 May 2005, Accepted 04 Aug 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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