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Original Article

Foster Kennedy sign and bilateral central visual failure in drusen of the optic disc

A. T. Mtanda Department of Ophthalmology, Muhimbili Medical Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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J. R. M. Cruysberg Institute of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Pages 225-231 | Accepted 23 Feb 1990, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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