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Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
The peer-reviewed journal of Baylor Scott & White Health
Volume 36, 2023 - Issue 3
Clinician’s Corner
Ocular syphilis mimicking Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome: a diagnostic dilemma
Mahmoud Abdelnabia Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TexasCorrespondence[email protected]
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, MD, MSchttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8016-9049, Afrina Rimua Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texashttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0479-9983
, MD, MSchttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0479-9983, Sabrina Siddiquia Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texashttps://orcid.org/0009-0007-6125-4986
, MD, MPHhttps://orcid.org/0009-0007-6125-4986, Barbara Moraa Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texashttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6011-4590
, MDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6011-4590 & Cynthia Guerinb Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texashttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6391-2539
, MDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6391-2539