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A 56-year-old man with acute vision loss
Digital Journal of Ophthalmology 2016
Volume 22, Number 3
August 18, 2016
DOI: 10.5693/djo.03.2015.05.006
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Fani Akritidou | General Hospital of Kavala
Maria Karafyloglou | General Hospital of Kavala
Dimitrios Karamanis | General Hospital of Kavala
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