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01-11-2020 | Post-Exposure Prophylaxis | Letter to the Editor

Comment on “Possible prophylactic or preventive role of topical povidone iodine during accidental ocular exposure to 2019-nCoV”

Authors: Rinky Agarwal, Dewang Angmo, Rohit Saxena, Namrata Sharma

Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | Issue 11/2020

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Dear Editor, …

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Title: Comment on “Possible prophylactic or preventive role of topical povidone iodine during accidental ocular exposure to 2019-nCoV”
Authors: Rinky Agarwal
Dewang Angmo
Rohit Saxena
Namrata Sharma
Publication date: 01-11-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
Conjunctivitis
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology / Issue 11/2020
Print ISSN: 0721-832X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-702X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-020-04863-w

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