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Original Research

Ocular Biometry and Their Correlations with Ocular and Anthropometric Measurements Among Ethiopian Adults

Girum W GessesseDepartment of Ophthalmology, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6064-5113
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Asrat Sime DebelaDepartment of Ophthalmology, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Dereje Hayilu AnbesseDepartment of Ophthalmology, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 3363-3369 | Published online: 15 Oct 2020

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