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. 2019 Oct 14;4(1):65-68.
doi: 10.1177/2474126419865991. eCollection 2020 Jan-Feb.

"Iodine Allergy" and the Use of Povidone Iodine for Endophthalmitis Prophylaxis

John W Hinkle  1 , Charles C Wykoff  2 , Jennifer I Lim  3 , Paul Hahn  4 , Stephen J Kim  5 , Homayoun Tabandeh  6 , Harry W Flynn Jr  1
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"Iodine Allergy" and the Use of Povidone Iodine for Endophthalmitis Prophylaxis

John W Hinkle et al. J Vitreoretin Dis. .
No abstract available

Keywords: complications of vitreoretinal surgery; endophthalmitis; pharmacology.

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The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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