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Mediators of Inflammation
Volume 2012, Article ID 936721, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/936721
Review Article

Systemic Treatment of Vitreous Inflammation

John B. Christoforidis, Susie Chang, Angela Jiang, Jillian Wang, and Colleen M. Cebulla

Retina Division, Department of Ophthalmology, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, 915 Olentangy River Road, Suite 5000, Columbus, OH 43212, USA

Received 14 June 2012; Accepted 21 August 2012

Academic Editor: Mario R. Romano

Copyright © 2012 John B. Christoforidis et al. 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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