Is coxsackievirus the cause of unilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy?

Arch Ophthalmol

Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 645 N Michigan Ave, Suite 440, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.

Published: January 2004

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