Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis and Necrotizing Scleritis Initiated by Trauma in the Setting of Mixed Cryoglobulinemia

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Ophthalmology

سال: 2011

ISSN: 1663-2699

DOI: 10.1159/000334496