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Trabecular Mechanisms of Intraocular Pressure Elevation

Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome

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Schlötzer-Schrehardt, U., Naumann, G.O.H. (2008). Trabecular Mechanisms of Intraocular Pressure Elevation. In: Tombran-Tink, J., Barnstable, C.J., Shields, M.B. (eds) Mechanisms of the Glaucomas. Ophthalmology Research™. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-373-8_8

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