Purtscher's-like retinopathy in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Published: December 2004

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