B27-associated uveitis, Fuchs uveitis
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Retinitis pigmentosa associated with Fuchs' heterochromic uveitis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Ophthalmologica
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1755-375X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2017.01331