Sphenoid mucocele: a rare cause of ocular dysfunction
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Sphenoid mucocele: a rare cause of ocular dysfunction.
Corresponding author: Jagdeep Singh Virk, ENT Department, Queen’s Hospital, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Rom Valley Way, Romford, Essex, RM7 0AZ Email: [email protected] Contact number: +44 (0)7908960034 Fax: +44 (0)2088693098 Conflicts of interest: None Financial disclosure information: None Word count: 594
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hct247