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Safety of intravitreal injections in patients receiving warfarin anticoagulation

Pouya N Dayani1, Omar K Siddiqi, Nancy M Holekamp

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA.

American Journal of Ophthalmology
|September 4, 2007
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