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. 2017 May 22:11:959-962.
doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S136761. eCollection 2017.

Psychological morbidity in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy depends on phenotypic, social, economic, and genetic factors

Josef Finsterer  1 , Sinda Zarrouk-Mahjoub  2
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Psychological morbidity in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy depends on phenotypic, social, economic, and genetic factors

Josef Finsterer et al. Clin Ophthalmol. .
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