Blepharospasm: a clinical case
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Trabalho realizado na Clínica Oftalmológica do Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP São Paulo (SP) Brasil. 1 Pós-graduando do Departamento de Plástica Ocular do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo USP São Paulo (SP) Brasil. 2 Vitreous and Retina Clinical Fellow, University of California Irvine USA. 3 Chefe do Departamento de Glaucoma do Hospital das Clínicas da...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archive of Ukrainian Ophthalmology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2311-2999,2309-8147
DOI: 10.22141/2309-8147.8.1.2020.200740