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Mooren’s ulcer is a chronic ulcer starting in the corneal periphery with a characteristically undermined edge. It progresses slowly & relentlessly until the entire cornea is involved (Duke Elder & Leigh, 1965).
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Dhir, S.P., Sehgal, S., Jain, I.S. (1979). Cell Mediated Immunity in Mooren’s Ulcer. In: François, J., Brown, S.I., Itoi, M. (eds) Proceedings of the Symposium of the International Society for Corneal Research, Kyoto, May 12–13, 1978. Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9606-9_6
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