Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
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Impression cytology of a case of conjunctival metaplasia associated with oral carbamazepine use?

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PII: S1367-0484(07)00072-0

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2007.06.002

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 254-257 , September 2007

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