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Original Article

Defining Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy from a Continuous Measure of Optic Nerve Damage – The Optimal Cut-off Point for Risk-factor Analysis in Population-based Epidemiology

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Pages 211-216 | Received 07 Jun 2010, Accepted 22 Apr 2011, Published online: 30 Sep 2011

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