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Nationwide pharmacy-based dry eye disease screening: analysis of cross-sectional data from 8259 individuals

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  1. Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

    Marco Pellegrini & Angeli Christy Yu

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Ospedali Privati Forlì “Villa Igea”, Forlì, Italy

    Marco Pellegrini & Angeli Christy Yu

  3. Istituto Internazionale per la Ricerca e Formazione in Oftalmologia (IRFO), Forlì, Italy

    Marco Pellegrini & Angeli Christy Yu

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Magna Græcia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, Germaneto, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy

    Vincenzo Scorcia & Giuseppe Giannaccare

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Pellegrini, M., Yu, A.C., Scorcia, V. et al. Nationwide pharmacy-based dry eye disease screening: analysis of cross-sectional data from 8259 individuals. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 262, 663–665 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-023-06174-2

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