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Use of hydroxychloroquine in corticodependent and recurrent scleritis

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  1. Service Ophtalmologie, Hopital Saint Roch, CHU-Nice, 5, rue Pierre Dévoluy, Nice, 06000, France

    Célia Maschi, Pierre Gastaud & Stéphanie Baillif

  2. Service de Médecine interne, Hopital Archet 1, CHU-Nice, Nice, France

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Maschi, C., Tieulié, N., Gastaud, P. et al. Use of hydroxychloroquine in corticodependent and recurrent scleritis. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 251, 989–990 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-011-1922-3

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