White Dot Syndrome in Patients with Prior Ocular Toxoplasmosis
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Multiple evanescent white dot syndrome in older patients.
PURPOSE To report two patients in their seventh decade who exhibited findings consistent with multiple evanescent white dot syndrome. METHODS Case reports of two patients referred for evaluation of decreased vision, visual field loss, and retinal white spots. RESULTS A 60-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman had photopsia, visual field loss, and decreased central visual acuity. Examination ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2574-1241
DOI: 10.26717/bjstr.2019.22.003721