Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Page 578 , June 2010

Young Man with Foreign-Body Sensation in the Right Eye

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 For the diagnosis and teaching points, see page 583.

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PII: S0196-0644(09)01136-6

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.06.505

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Page 578 , June 2010

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