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Letter to the Editor

Tuberculous Scleritis in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Jyotirmay BiswasMedical and Vision Research Foundations, Sankara Nethralaya, Uvea and Ocular Pathology, 18, College Road, Chennai, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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A.C. AparnaMedical Research Foundation, Uvea, Chennai, India
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Annamalai RadhaMedical Research Foundation, Uvea, Chennai, India
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K. VaijayanthiMedical Research Foundation, Ocular Pathology, Chennai, India
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R. BagyalakshmiVision Research Foundation, Microbiology, Chennai, India
Pages 49-52 | Received 21 May 2011, Accepted 26 Sep 2011, Published online: 20 Dec 2011

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