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Evaluation of choroidal substructure perfusion in patients affected by systemic sclerosis: an optical coherence tomography angiography study

M RanjbarDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany;Laboratory for Angiogenesis and Ocular Cell Transplantation, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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M RotheDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany;Laboratory for Angiogenesis and Ocular Cell Transplantation, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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S KlapaDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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T LangeDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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M PrasuhnDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany;Laboratory for Angiogenesis and Ocular Cell Transplantation, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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S GrisantiDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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G RiemekastenDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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JY HumrichDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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Pages 141-145 | Accepted 05 Jul 2019, Published online: 17 Sep 2019

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