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Hyphema (Bleeding in Eye) (cont.)

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Author: John Sheppard Jr., MD, MMSc, Ophthalmology Program Director, Clinical Laboratory Director, Thomas R. Lee Center for Ocular Pharmacology, Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology, Microbiology and Immunology, Eastern Virginia Medical School

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com

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Editors: Richard W Allinson, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Ophthalmology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Scott and White Clinic; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Robert H Graham, MD, Ophthalmologist, Robert H Graham, MD, PC; Affiliated With Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona and Carl T Hayden VA Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona


Last Editorial Review: 9/26/2007

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