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En-Face Optical Coherence Tomography of Acute Syphilitic Posterior Placoid Chorioretinopathy

Claudio ZettDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science – Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil;Department of Ophthalmology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, ChileCorrespondence[email protected]
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Luiz H LimaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science – Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil
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Silvana VianelloDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science – Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil
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Adriano FerreiraDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science – Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil
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Gabriel Costa de AndradeDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science – Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil;Department of Ophthalmology, Instituto da Visão – IPEPO, São Paulo, Brazil
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Michel E FarahDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science – Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil;Department of Ophthalmology, Instituto da Visão – IPEPO, São Paulo, Brazil
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Rubens Belfort JrDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science – Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil;Department of Ophthalmology, Instituto da Visão – IPEPO, São Paulo, Brazil
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Pages 1264-1270 | Received 31 Jan 2017, Accepted 19 Jun 2017, Published online: 04 Oct 2017

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