A Rare Association of Aniridia with Conjunctival Xerosis in Two Indian Siblings with PAX6 Mutation

Overview

Journal Indian J Ophthalmol

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2020 Oct 30

PMID 33120723

Authors

Nair Vidya Gopinathan

Sankaranarayanan Rajkumar

Abhay Raghukant Vasavada

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