Macular scar secondary to congenital toxoplasmosis
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Macular scar secondary to congenital toxoplasmosis
which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. An 8 years old girl suffers from strabismus since her first months of life. Her visual acuity was very low and could only see fingers moving in her left eye. Her left eye fundus showed a chorioretinal scar in the macula due to congenital toxoplasmosis. The biological findi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pan African Medical Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1937-8688
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2016.24.325.8981