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Retrograde degeneration of visual pathway: hemimacular thinning of retinal ganglion cell layer in progressive and active multiple sclerosis

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from Linköping University and County Council of Östergötland, Sweden.

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The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Linköping University, Sweden, study number is 2013/141-31.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University Hospital, 581 85, Linköping, Sweden

    Yu-Min Huang-Link

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University Hospital, 581 85, Linköping, Sweden

    Abbas Al-Hawasi

  3. Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University Hospital, 581 85, Linköping, Sweden

    Inger Eveman

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Huang-Link, YM., Al-Hawasi, A. & Eveman, I. Retrograde degeneration of visual pathway: hemimacular thinning of retinal ganglion cell layer in progressive and active multiple sclerosis. J Neurol 261, 2453–2456 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-014-7538-x

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