The Connection between HbS Heterozygosity and Unilateral Vision Loss in a Child with Congenital Glaucoma

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2017; 234(04): 474-477
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-121290

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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Die Beziehung zwischen der HbS-Heterozygotie und dem einseitigen Verlust des Sehvermögens bei einem Kind mit angeborenem Glaukom

R. I. Bojinova

¹Canada Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (Chair: Dr. James Martin)

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M. G. Todorova

²Department of Ophthalmology, University of Basel, Switzerland (Chair: Prof. Hendrik Scholl)

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