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Orbital tuberculosis presenting as proptosis and fever: the risk of empiric corticosteroids

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  1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Avenida dos Bandeirantes, 3900, Bairro Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900, Brazil

    Rodrigo de Carvalho Santana, Valdes Roberto Bollela & Benedito Antonio Lopes da Fonseca

  2. Division of Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

    Paulo Louzada Jr.

  3. Department of Ophthalmology and Surgery of Head and Neck, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

    Antonio Augusto Vellasco Cruz

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de Carvalho Santana, R., Louzada, P., Bollela, V.R. et al. Orbital tuberculosis presenting as proptosis and fever: the risk of empiric corticosteroids. Int Ophthalmol 34, 133–136 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-013-9751-5

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