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Ophthalmic Review Volume 5 • Issue 2 • Winter 2011
Editorial Board Jean-Paul Adenis
Professor of Ophthalmology, Service d'ophtalmologie, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges
Rubens Belfort, Jr Head Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo
Emilio C Campos Professor and Chief of Ophthalmology, University of Bologna
Joseph Colin
Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Bordeaux University Medical School
Didier Ducournau Consultant, Clinique Sourdille, Nantes
Alessandro Franchini Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Florence
Anat Loewenstein Professor and Director, Department of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Medical Centre
Klaus Lucke
Ophthalmic Surgeon, Augenklinik Universitätsallee, Bremen
Lene Martin
Associate Professor of Experimental Ophthalmology, Karolinska Institute
Jean-Philippe Nordmann Department of Ophthalmology, Hôpital des Quinze-Vingts, Paris
Jacob Pe’er
Professor of Ophthalmic Research, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centre, Jerusalem
Norbert Pfeiffer Chairman and Director, Department of Ophthalmology, Johannes Gutenberg University
Uwe Pleyer
Department of Ophthalmology, Humboldt University of Berlin
Constantin J Pournaras Associated Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Geneva
Gabriel van Rij
Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Tarek Shaarawy Head, Glaucoma Sector, University of Geneva
Sunil Shah
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Birmingham and Midland Centre, Midland Eye Institute
Remo Susanna, Jr Professor and Head of Ophthalmology Department, University of Sao Paulo
Carlos Verges Professor and Head,
Department of Ophthalmology, Autonomous University of Barcelona
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