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Case Report

Permanent Bilateral Vision Loss in Eclamptic Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome

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Pages 243-247 | Received 22 Apr 2015, Accepted 25 Jun 2015, Published online: 11 Sep 2015

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