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Letter to the Editor

Acute Syphilitic Posterior Placoid Chorioretinitis Misdiagnosed as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Associated Uveitis

Chunli Chen1 Department of Ophthalmology, Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, Tianjin, China;2 Department of Ophthalmology, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, Dongying, Shandong, ChinaView further author information
, MD,
Shuya Wang3 Department of Ophthalmology, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China;4 Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Eye Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China;5 Department of OphthalmologyShandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Prevention and Therapy of Ocular Diseases, Key Laboratory of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Prevention and Therapy of Ocular Diseases in Universities of Shandong, Eye Institute of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, ChinaView further author information
, MD &
Xiaorong Li1 Department of Ophthalmology, Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, Tianjin, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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, MD, PhD
Pages 1116-1124 | Received 20 Apr 2019, Accepted 25 Jul 2019, Published online: 19 Nov 2019

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