Bariatric surgery and its impact on pseudotumor cerebri: A case report
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2451-9936
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2018.01.047