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A 16-year-old girl with bilateral optic disc swelling
Digital Journal of Ophthalmology 2011
Volume 17, Number 1
March 12, 2011
DOI: 10.5693/djo.03.2011.02.003
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Usman Mahmood, MB BS, MRCS Ed | Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Eye Infirmary
Syed M Asad Ali, MB BS, MRCS Ed | New Cross Hospital
Mohammad Samir Dowlut, MB ChB | New Cross Hospital
Bala Manoj, FRCS, MRCOphth, MS, DO | New Cross Hospital



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