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Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 852659, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/852659
Review Article
Malignant Glaucoma: A Review of the Modern Literature
Oxford Eye Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
Received 29 September 2011; Revised 11 December 2011; Accepted 9 January 2012
Academic Editor: Ian Grierson
Copyright © 2012 H. Shahid and J. F. Salmon. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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