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Absent trochlear and abducens nerves in a patient with congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscles

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  1. Hee Kyung Yang and Jae Hyoung Kim contributed equally to the work, therefore, should be regarded as equivalent authors.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82, Gumi-ro 173 Beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, 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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Yang, H.K., Kim, J.H. & Hwang, JM. Absent trochlear and abducens nerves in a patient with congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscles. Neurol Sci 41, 977–979 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-019-04104-x

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