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18 year old man with decrease in vision OD after being struck with a tree branch
Digital Journal of Ophthalmology 1998
Volume 4, Number 24
November 2, 1998
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Peter A. D. Rubin, MD | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Jerry K. Popham, MD | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Kenneth Graham, MD | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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