Optic Neuropathy Associated with the Use of Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors

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Correspondence to: Du Geon Moon Department of Urology, Korea University Guro Hospital, 148 Gurodong-ro, Guro-gu, Seoul 08308, Korea. Tel: +82-2-2626-3201, Fax: +82-2-2626-1321, E-mail: [email protected] Copyright © 2015 Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://c...

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Retina

سال: 2017

ISSN: 2508-1926

DOI: 10.21561/jor.2017.2.2.105