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Open globe eye injury characteristics and prognostic factors in Jazan, Saudi Arabia

Mashaal A. Makhrash and Ibrahim M. Gosadi
Saudi Medical Journal December 2016, 37 (12) 1328-1333; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.12.15545
Mashaal A. Makhrash
From the Department of Ophthalmology (Makhrash), King Fahd Central Hospital, Ministry of Health, Jazan, and the Prince Sattam Chair for Epidemiology and Public Health Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Gosadi), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ibrahim M. Gosadi
From the Department of Ophthalmology (Makhrash), King Fahd Central Hospital, Ministry of Health, Jazan, and the Prince Sattam Chair for Epidemiology and Public Health Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Gosadi), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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