Immediate or delayed prescribing of antibiotics reduced duration of symptoms in acute infective conjunctivitis

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. 2007 Jan;10(1):10.

doi: 10.1136/ebn.10.1.10.

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Paula Renouf. Evid Based Nurs. 2007 Jan.

. 2007 Jan;10(1):10.

doi: 10.1136/ebn.10.1.10.

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