Massive choroidal granuloma as the presenting feature of disseminated tuberculosis in immunocompetent patients
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Experimental Optometry
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0816-4622,1444-0938
DOI: 10.1111/cxo.12576