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Original Article

Correlation of Clinical Outcomes with Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction DNA Copy Number in Patients with Acute Retinal Necrosis

Charles M. CalvoUveitis Unit, The Retina Service of Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
, MD,
Mohammed Ali KhanUveitis Unit, The Retina Service of Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;Mid-Atlantic Retina, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
, MD,
Sonia MehtaUveitis Unit, The Retina Service of Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;Mid-Atlantic Retina, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
, MD,
Sunir J. GargUveitis Unit, The Retina Service of Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;Mid-Atlantic Retina, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
, MD &
James P. DunnUveitis Unit, The Retina Service of Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;Mid-Atlantic Retina, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, MD
Pages 246-252 | Received 05 Aug 2015, Accepted 28 Oct 2015, Published online: 30 Jan 2016

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