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Optical Workings: Specialists Must Communicate to Treat Eye Disease

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Richard Quinn is a freelance writer in New Jersey.

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  1. AbbVie Inc. News release: AbbVie’s HUMIRA (adalimumab) receives U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to treat adults with non-infectious intermediate, posterior and panuveitis. 2016 Jun 30.
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