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The role of vitreoretinal traction in the pathogenesis of maculopathy associated with optic disc pits

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology and Laboratory for Visual Science, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1, Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8535, Japan

    Tadashi Yokoi, Yuri Nakayama, Sachiko Nishina & Noriyuki Azuma

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Yokoi, T., Nakayama, Y., Nishina, S. et al. The role of vitreoretinal traction in the pathogenesis of maculopathy associated with optic disc pits. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 254, 1859–1860 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-016-3380-4

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