Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 120-122 , June 2009

Trace elements and blepharıtıs

  • Fatma Yülek

      Affiliations

    • SB Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Gülden Sok. 13/1, Kavaklıdere, 06690, Ankara, Turkey. Fax: +90 312 467 7532.
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  • Hasan Basri Çakmak

      Affiliations

    • SB Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Şaban Şimşek

      Affiliations

    • SB Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Ankara, Turkey
    • Professor in ophthalmology.
    • ,
  • Utku Serkant

      Affiliations

    • SB Yıldırım Beyazıt Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Şebnem Kösebalaban

      Affiliations

    • SB Yıldırım Beyazıt Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Ankara, Turkey
    • Associate professor in biochemistry.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2008.10.007

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 120-122 , June 2009

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