Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 45 , Pages S199-S202 , March 2001

Dry Eye Disease: The Scale of the Problem

  • Horst Brewitt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint address: Professor Dr med. H. Brewitt, Augenklinik der Medizinischen, Hochschule Hannover, Carl Neuberg Strasse 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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  • Firouzeh Sistani, MD

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Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 45 , Pages S199-S202 , March 2001

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