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Research ArticleClinical Guidelines & Primary Care

Management of Eye Trauma for the Primary Care Physician

Jonathan Y. Rho, Stephen C. Dryden, Brian M. Jerkins and Brian T. Fowler
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2021, 34 (5) 1018-1029; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.05.210121
Jonathan Y. Rho
From the Hamilton Eye Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN (RYO, SCD, BMJ, BTF).
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Stephen C. Dryden
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Brian M. Jerkins
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