Vision Loss Associated With Autoimmune Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Astrocytopathy

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine (MMH), University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California; and Gavin Herbert Eye Institute (CRS, RWC), University of California, Irvine, California.

Michael M Han et al. J Neuroophthalmol. 2022.

. 2022 Jun 1;42(2):e485-e487.

doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001323. Epub 2021 Jul 26.

¹ Department of Medicine (MMH), University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California; and Gavin Herbert Eye Institute (CRS, RWC), University of California, Irvine, California.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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