Familial retinal arterial tortuosity associated with tortuosity in nail bed capillaries.

نویسندگان

  • Florian Gekeler
  • Kei Shinoda
  • Michael Jünger
  • Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt
  • Faik Gelisken
چکیده

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archives of ophthalmology

دوره 124 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006