Filtering surgery with 5-Fluorouracil: A second course
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Needling revision with subconjunctival 5-fluorouracil in failing filtering blebs.
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عنوان ژورنال: Eye
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1990.129