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Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease and Sympathetic Ophthalmia

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Uveitis and Immunological Disorders

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  1. Center for Advanced Medicine, Barnes Retina Institute, 4921 Parkville Place, Suite 12B, St Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    P. Kumar Rao MD (Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology)

  2. Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, 1450 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    Narsing A. Rao MD (Professor of Ophthalmic Pathology)

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  1. Augenklinik, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany

    Uwe Pleyer MD (Professor of Ophthalmology) (Professor of Ophthalmology)

  2. Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institute, 5 Cambridge Center, 8th Floor, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA

    C. Stephen Foster MD (Professor of Ophthalmology) (Professor of Ophthalmology)

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Rao, P.K., Rao, N.A. (2007). Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease and Sympathetic Ophthalmia. In: Pleyer, U., Foster, C.S. (eds) Uveitis and Immunological Disorders. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30798-3_10

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