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Refik Oltulu1, Gunhal Satirtav, Ismail Ersan

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology (R.O., G.S., E.S., M.O., N.Z.), Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey; and Ophthalmology Department (I.E.), 18 March University Faculty of Medicine, Canakkale, Turkey.

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