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Scrub Typhus Causing Unilateral Optic Neuritis

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases, Apollo Hospital, Greams Road, Chennai, 600006, India

    Laxman G. Jessani, Ram Gopalakrishnan & Vinay Devaraj

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Apollo Children’s Hospital, Chennai, India

    Muthu Kumaran & Latha Vishwanathan

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Jessani, L.G., Gopalakrishnan, R., Kumaran, M. et al. Scrub Typhus Causing Unilateral Optic Neuritis. Indian J Pediatr 83, 1359–1360 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-016-2169-0

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