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Comment
. 2021 Apr;69(4):1002-1004.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_3763_20.

COVID-19 and orbital mucormycosis

Sandip Sarkar  1 , Tanmay Gokhale  1 , Sushmita Sana Choudhury  2 , Amit Kumar Deb  1
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Comment

COVID-19 and orbital mucormycosis

Sandip Sarkar et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021 Apr.

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  • Mucor in a Viral Land: A Tale of Two Pathogens.
    Sen M, Lahane S, Lahane TP, Parekh R, Honavar SG. Sen M, et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021 Feb;69(2):244-252. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_3774_20. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021. PMID: 33463566 Free PMC article.

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