International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 11 , Pages 1045-1049 , November 2010

When is a retrobulbar haemorrhage not a retrobulbar haemorrhage?

  • M. Allen
    • ,
  • M. Perry

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress: M. Perry, Ulster Hospital, Oral Surgery, c/o The School of Dentistry, Dundonald, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 7828 153 612.
    • ,
  • F. Burns

,Accepted 9 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2010.06.021

International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 11 , Pages 1045-1049 , November 2010

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