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Comment
. 2023 Oct;37(15):3295.
doi: 10.1038/s41433-023-02485-0. Epub 2023 Mar 10.

Hyperreflective spots in cerebral malaria

Kyle J Wilson  1   2 , Nicholas A V Beare  3   4
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Hyperreflective spots in cerebral malaria

Kyle J Wilson et al. Eye (Lond). 2023 Oct.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Optical coherence tomography image of the right eye of a 5-year-old with cerebral malaria.
Characteristic hyperreflective spots (white arrows) are seen in the inner retina.
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