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Comment
. 2020 Jul;68(7):1492-1494.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1676_20.

Non-contact tonometer use during the COVID-19 pandemic

Dinesh Talwar  1 , Harsh Kumar  2 , Mithun Thulasidas  3
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Comment

Non-contact tonometer use during the COVID-19 pandemic

Dinesh Talwar et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Jul.
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  • All India Ophthalmological Society - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology consensus statement on preferred practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Sengupta S, Honavar SG, Sachdev MS, Sharma N, Kumar A, Ram J, Shetty R, Rao GS, Ramasamy K, Khanna R, Jain E, Bhattacharjee K, Agarwal A, Natarajan S, Lahane TP; Writing Committee on behalf of the All India Ophthalmological Society - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology Expert Group for COVID-19 Practice Guidelines; Composition of the All India Ophthalmological Society - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology Expert Group for COVID-19 Practice Guidelines includes the Writing Committee (as listed) and the following members (in alphabetical order by the first name):. Sengupta S, et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 May;68(5):711-724. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_871_20. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020. PMID: 32317433 Free PMC article.

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