Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 165-167 , September 2006

Scleral melting 16 years after pterygium excision with topical Mitomycin C adjuvant therapy

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PII: S1367-0484(06)00099-3

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.08.001

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 165-167 , September 2006

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