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Bilateral cystoid macular edema in a patient with chronic myeloid leukaemia under treatment with imanitib mesylate: report of an unusual side effect

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    Ilias Georgalas, Carlos Pavesio & Eric Ezra

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Georgalas, I., Pavesio, C. & Ezra, E. Bilateral cystoid macular edema in a patient with chronic myeloid leukaemia under treatment with imanitib mesylate: report of an unusual side effect. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 245, 1585–1586 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-007-0600-y

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