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1Universitats-Augenklinik, 2 Hamburg 20, Martinistr. 52.
Methods of Information in Medicine
|January 5, 2011
Abstract:
The introduction of special record forms for single, sufficiently common and important diseases has proved valuable in clinical documentation and data handling. The authors describe such forms for amotio retinae, strabismus and uveitis.
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