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Editorial

Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy: fostering change in clinical care using observational data

Laura J Kopplin Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, 3375 SW Terwilliger Boulevard, Portland, OR, USA
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Sudha K Iyengar Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, Wolstein Research Building 1315, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA and; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Eye Institute, Wolstein Research Building 1315, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Eye Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA and
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Jonathan H Lass Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Wolstein Research Building 1315, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, 3375 SW Terwilliger Boulevard, Portland, OR, USA. [email protected]
Pages 389-391 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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