Published date: Jul 29 2020

Journal Title: Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research

Issue title: July–September 2020, Volume 15, Issue 3

Pages: 275 – 278

DOI: 10.18502/jovr.v15i3.7445

Saeid ShahrazInstitute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Seyed Farzad MohammadiTranslational Ophthalmology Research Center, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Sare SafiOphthalmic Epidemiology Research Center, Research Institute for Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

This is an Editorial and does not have an abstract.

Keywords: NA

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