Transient cortical blindness secondary to vincristine therapy in childhood malignancies
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19810101)47:1<37::aid-cncr2820470108>3.0.co;2-8