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. 2001 Jun;47:1252–1253.

Case report: sudden painful blindness. Complication of anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy in patients with disciform macular degeneration.

Y Hod 1, M Zalish 1, M Neudorfer 1, J Peer 1, O Geyer 1
PMCID: PMC2018510  PMID: 11421054

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