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Presumed tuberculous retrobulbar optic neuritis: a diagnosis challenge

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Aupy, J., Vital, A., Rougier, MB. et al. Presumed tuberculous retrobulbar optic neuritis: a diagnosis challenge. J Neurol 262, 481–484 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-014-7611-5

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