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Letter to the Editor

Choroidal Tuberculoma Manifesting in A Patient of Eales Disease 6 Years after Initial Presentation

Kowsigan MagesanMedical and Vision Research Foundations, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
, BS &
Parthopratim Dutta MajumderDepartment of Uvea and Intraocular Inflammation, Medical and Vision Research Foundations, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
, MBBS, MS
Pages 100-102 | Received 07 Sep 2018, Accepted 12 Oct 2018, Published online: 19 Oct 2018

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