Relationships of heredity and dry eye with pterygia in black African patients.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
دوره 101 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011