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Spontaneous closure of full-thickness macular hole in type 2 idiopathic macular telangiectasia

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    Dhananjay Shukla & Ramesh Venkatesh

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Shukla, D., Venkatesh, R. Spontaneous closure of full-thickness macular hole in type 2 idiopathic macular telangiectasia. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 250, 1711–1712 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-011-1817-3

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