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Delayed tacrolimus-induced optic neuropathy

Muhannad A. Alnahdi and Yaser M. Al Malik
Neurosciences Journal October 2019, 24 (4) 324-326; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2019.4.20190022
Muhannad A. Alnahdi
From the College of Medicine (Alnahdi, Al Malik), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Division of Neurology (Al Malik), King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Yaser M. Al Malik
From the College of Medicine (Alnahdi, Al Malik), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Division of Neurology (Al Malik), King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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