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Original Article

Baseline Characteristics of Participants in the Natural History Study of Macular Telangiectasia (MacTel) MacTel Project Report No. 2

Traci E. ClemonsThe EMMES Corporation, Rockville, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
,
Marc C. GilliesSave Sight Institute, Sydney, Australia
,
Emily Y. ChewNational Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
,
Alan C. BirdMoorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
,
Tunde PetoMoorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
,
Maria J. Figueroa
&
Molly W. Harrington
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Pages 66-73 | Received 24 Jul 2009, Accepted 18 Sep 2009, Published online: 25 Jan 2010

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