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  1. Universitäts-Augenklinik, Schleichstraße 12-16, 72076, Tübingen, Germany

    H. Wilhelm & U. Schiefer

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  1. Universitäts-Augenklinik, Schleichstraße 12-16, 72076, Tübingen, Germany

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  2. Dept. of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8096, 660 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    William Hart

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Wilhelm, H., Schiefer, U. (2007). Optic Disc Signs and Optic Neuropathies. In: Schiefer, U., Wilhelm, H., Hart, W. (eds) Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32708-0_8

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