Severe Chemical Burn to the Eye after Pepper Spray Attack

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2014; 231(4): 327-328
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1368286

Der interessante Fall

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Schwere okuläre Verätzung nach Pfeffersprayangriff

Authors

S. Voegeli

Department of Ophthalmology, Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland (Chairman: Prof. Dr. Dr. M. A. Thiel)
P. B. Baenninger

Department of Ophthalmology, Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland (Chairman: Prof. Dr. Dr. M. A. Thiel)

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