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Five-Year Retrospective Review of Cases with Benign Essential Blepharospasm and Hemifacial Spasm Presenting in a Tertiary Eye Care Center in North India

Amit RajDepartment of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sudesh Kumar AryaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh, India
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Jyoti DeswalDepartment of Ophthalmology, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak, Haryana, India
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Ravi Kant BamotraDepartment of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Chandigarh, India
Pages 371-376 | Received 29 Aug 2015, Accepted 10 Sep 2015, Published online: 14 Apr 2016

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