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Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy with an anterior segment vasoproliferative mass

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  1. Moorfields Eye Hospital, 162 Moorfields Eye Hospital, City Road EC1V2PD, London, UK

    Maria Teresa Sandinha, Laura Crawley, Caroline Thaung & Lyndon Da Cruz

  2. University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK

    Caroline Thaung

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Sandinha, M.T., Crawley, L., Thaung, C. et al. Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy with an anterior segment vasoproliferative mass. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 250, 467–468 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-011-1664-2

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