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CASE REPORT

Cyclosporin-induced cortical blindness in a patient with dermatomyositis

Takuya SawabeDepartment of Rheumatology, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hospital, 1-9-6 Sendamachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-8619, Japan;Department of Dermatology, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Shinichi ImafukuDepartment of Rheumatology, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hospital, 1-9-6 Sendamachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-8619, Japan
Pages 271-273 | Received 31 Oct 2003, Accepted 01 Mar 2004, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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