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Ocular injuries sustained in paintball trauma

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 21, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA

    Christine Nichols Kay, Timothy Scott Saunders & Peter Reed Pavan

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA

    Christine Nichols Kay

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Kay, C.N., Saunders, T.S. & Pavan, P.R. Ocular injuries sustained in paintball trauma. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 248, 331–332 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-009-1294-0

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