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Cataract surgery in patients with uveitis

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    Narciss Okhravi & Susan L Lightman

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Whipps Cross Hospital, London, UK

    Hamish M A Towler

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Okhravi, N., Towler, H. & Lightman, S. Cataract surgery in patients with uveitis. Eye 14, 689–690 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2000.184

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