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PRF or PRP - Is one more likely to cause blindness over the other?

November 29, 2022
Asked By:znpy1234 in England, United Kingdom

As Prf doesn't contain anticoagulants unlike PRP, is it possible to say that PRF is more likely to cause blindness than PRP (although it is rare for both of them)?

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