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Beaded Pearls Appearance in Syphilitic Chorioretinitis

Anup Kelgaonkara L V Prasad Eye Institute, Mithu Tulsi Chanrai Campus, Bhubaneswar, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Anamika Patelb LV Prasad Eye Institute, GMR Varalaxmi Campus, Visakhapatnam, IndiaView further author information
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Mudit Tyagic LV Prasad Eye Institute, Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, Hyderabad, IndiaView further author information
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Tapas Ranjan Padhia L V Prasad Eye Institute, Mithu Tulsi Chanrai Campus, Bhubaneswar, IndiaView further author information
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Soumyava Basuc LV Prasad Eye Institute, Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, Hyderabad, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6513-8786View further author information
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Pages 1328-1332 | Received 29 Nov 2022, Accepted 22 Feb 2023, Published online: 08 Mar 2023

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