General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 224-227 , May 1995

Severe ocular self-injury

  • Howard L. Field, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Howard L. Field, M.D., 1652 Thompson Building, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelpha, PA 19107-5004.
    • Wills Eye Hospital, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Shimon Waldfogel, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 224-227 , May 1995

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