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Original Articles

Inter-Eye Agreement in Measurement of Retinal Vascular Fractal Dimension in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

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Pages 131-135 | Received 19 Mar 2015, Accepted 08 Oct 2015, Published online: 07 Mar 2016

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