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Absent trochlear nerve with contralateral superior oblique underaction

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 166, Gumiro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, 463-707, South Korea

    Hee Kyung Yang & Jeong-Min Hwang

  2. Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea

    Jae Hyoung Kim

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Hee Kyung Yang and Jae Hyoung Kim equally contributed to the work and therefore should be considered equivalent authors.

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Yang, H.K., Kim, J.H. & Hwang, JM. Absent trochlear nerve with contralateral superior oblique underaction. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 251, 2297–2298 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-013-2355-y

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