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Original Article

Incidence of corneal ulceration in Madurai District, South India

Christine A. Gonzales University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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M. Srinivasan Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, South India
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John P. Whitcher The Francis I, Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
&
Gilbert Smolin The Francis I, Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Pages 159-166 | Accepted 10 Jun 1996, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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