Corneal perforation due to palytoxin exposure of domestic zoanthid corals

Wolf Wonneberger^{1

2}, Margareta Claesson^{1

2}, Madeleine Zetterberg^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Region Västra Götaland, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden.

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Wolf Wonneberger et al. Acta Ophthalmol. 2021 Aug.

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. 2021 Aug;99(5):e769-e770.

doi: 10.1111/aos.14594. Epub 2020 Aug 25.

Wolf Wonneberger^{1

2}, Margareta Claesson^{1

2}, Madeleine Zetterberg^{1

2}

¹ Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Region Västra Götaland, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden.

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