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Letter to the Editor

Do optic neuritis patients report their visual impairment more frequently upon awakening?

Mohammad-Javad Eslamia Isfahan Medical Students Research Center (IMSRC), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Masoud Etemadifarb Department of Neurosurgery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Mohammad Reza Khalilic Poostchi Ophthalmology Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Mahboobeh Faraidan-Esfahanid Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Hamidreza Jahanbani-Ardakanic Poostchi Ophthalmology Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sara Ghorbania Isfahan Medical Students Research Center (IMSRC), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Seyed-Hossein Abtahie Ophthalmic Research Center, Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;f Medical School, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Pages 1261-1263 | Received 08 Aug 2019, Accepted 27 Dec 2020, Published online: 22 Feb 2021

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