An unusual case of self-inflicted multiple needles injuries to eye
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Self-inflicted eye injuries.
Five cases of self-inflicted eye injury are described and discussed. A review of the literature shows that several psychiatric diagnoses have been assigned to people who damage their eyes. A variety of mechanisms to explain this phenomenon are described.
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0301-4738
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.119444