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Cortical blindness caused by hypoxemia following an asthma attack

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We are especially grateful to Professors Hiroshi Takahashi and Yoshiro Okubo at Nippon Medical School for their thoughtful comments and support.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan

    Tomoyuki Kunishige & Junko Hori

  2. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

    Ataru Omori & Amane Tateno

  3. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Noriaki Yahata

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Kunishige, T., Omori, A., Tateno, A. et al. Cortical blindness caused by hypoxemia following an asthma attack. Jpn J Ophthalmol 55, 588–590 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10384-011-0058-7

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