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Original Article

Morphometric and Geometric Anatomy of the Caucasian Orbital Floor

Saif F. AbedDivision of Basic Medical Sciences, St. George’s University of London, London, United KingdomCorrespondence[email protected]
, BSc MBBS,
Pari N. ShamsDivision of Basic Medical Sciences, St. George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom
, MBBS, MRCP, BSc, FRCOphth,
Sunny Shen
, MMed (Ophth), FRCS(Ed), FAMS,
Philip J. AddsDivision of Basic Medical Sciences, St. George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom
, BSc, MSc, FIBMS &
Jimmy M. UddinDivision of Basic Medical Sciences, St. George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom
, MA, FRCOphth
Pages 214-220 | Received 20 Sep 2010, Accepted 08 Nov 2010, Published online: 03 Aug 2011

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