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Letter to the Editor

Diffuse Unilateral Subacute Neuroretinitis Evolving With Submacular Granuloma

Thiago José Muniz Machado Mazzeo1 Ophthalmology Department, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Gaffrée and Guinle University Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Nelson Batista Sena Jr1 Ophthalmology Department, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Gaffrée and Guinle University Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4031-017X
, MDORCID Icon,
Mario Martins Motta1 Ophthalmology Department, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Gaffrée and Guinle University Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1892-6480
, MD, PhDORCID Icon &
André Luiz Land Curi2 Research Laboratory of Infectious Diseases in Ophthalmology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2764-4047
, MD, PhDORCID Icon
Pages 90-94 | Received 30 Jul 2019, Accepted 29 Aug 2019, Published online: 24 Oct 2019

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