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Trauzettel-Klosinski, S. (2007). Functional Visual Loss and Malingering. In: Schiefer, U., Wilhelm, H., Hart, W. (eds) Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32708-0_15

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