Adie's Tonic Pupil in Systemic Sclerosis: A Rare Association
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We report a rare association of Adie's tonic pupil in a patient with systemic sclerosis who was otherwise systemically stable. This paper is an effort to unravel whether the tonic pupil and systemic sclerosis are an association by chance (which may be the case) or systemic sclerosis is the source of the tonic pupil.
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دوره 2015 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015