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Visual Function Improvement After Optic Nerve Sheath Fenestration in Osteopetrosis Patients with Optic Canal Stenosis: A Report of Two Cases

Daniah AlshowaeirDepartment of Ophthalmology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Abdulrazag AjlanDepartment of Neurosurgery, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Sajjad HussainDepartment of Radiology and Medical Imaging, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Adel AlsuhaibaniDepartment of Ophthalmology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Pages 164-168 | Received 27 Feb 2017, Accepted 09 Aug 2017, Published online: 08 Sep 2017

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