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CASE REPORTS

Acute Isolated Abducens Paresis as an Initial Presentation of Metastatic Small Cell Lung Cancer

Ke-Hung Chien Department of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Jiann-Torng Chen Department of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Po-Liang Chen Department of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center and Hau-Ming Eye Clinic Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Pages 202-204 | Received 25 Dec 2009, Accepted 22 Feb 2009, Published online: 09 Sep 2009

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