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Original Article

Persistent Globe Flattening in Astronauts following Long-Duration Spaceflight

Thomas H. Madera COL(R) US Army, Moab, Utah, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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C. Robert Gibsonb Coastal Eye Associates, Webster, Texas, USA;c KBR, Houston, Texas, USA
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Michael R. Barrattd NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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Neil R. Millere Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Prem S. Subramanianf Department of Ophthalmology, Sue Anschutz-Rodgers UCHealth Eye Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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Hanspeter E. Killerg Department of Ophthalmology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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William J. Tarverh NASA Johnson Space Center, Space Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Ashot E. Sargsyanc KBR, Houston, Texas, USA
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Kathleen Garciac KBR, Houston, Texas, USA
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Stephen F. Harth NASA Johnson Space Center, Space Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Larry A. Krameri Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Intervention, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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Roy Riascosi Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Intervention, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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Tyson J. Brunstetterj CAPT, US Navy, Detailed to NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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William Lipskyb Coastal Eye Associates, Webster, Texas, USA
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Peter Wostynk Department of Psychiatry, PC Sint-Amandus, Beernem, Belgium
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Andrew G. Leel Department of Ophthalmology, Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA;m Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA;n Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA;o Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA;p Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA;q Department of Ophthalmology; University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA;r Department of Ophthalmology, Texas A and M College of Medicine, Bryan, Texas, USA
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Pages 29-35 | Received 09 Mar 2020, Accepted 28 Jun 2020, Published online: 03 Sep 2020

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