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Original article| Volume 64, ISSUE 1, P64-79, April 1944

Exophthalmos

Diagnosis and surgical treatment of intractable cases
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      Abstract

      A survey of the etiologic factors causing either bilateral or unilateral exophthalmos is given with a discussion of their management and results.
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