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01-02-2015 | Letter to the Editors

Presumed tuberculous retrobulbar optic neuritis: a diagnosis challenge

Authors: Jérôme Aupy, Anne Vital, Marie-Benedicte Rougier, Antoine Gradel, Wassilios Meissner, Cecile Marchal, Guillaume Penchet, Bruno Brochet

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 2/2015

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Title: Presumed tuberculous retrobulbar optic neuritis: a diagnosis challenge
Authors: Jérôme Aupy
Anne Vital
Marie-Benedicte Rougier
Antoine Gradel
Wassilios Meissner
Cecile Marchal
Guillaume Penchet
Bruno Brochet
Publication date: 01-02-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-014-7611-5

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