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Optic disc characteristics on digital fundus photographs in Saudi children

Lina H. Raffa and Esraa A. Basalem
Neurosciences Journal July 2024, 29 (3) 161-167; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2024.3.20230124
Lina H. Raffa
From the Department of Ophthalmology (Raffa), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, and from the Faculty of Medicine (Raffa, Basalem), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Esraa A. Basalem
From the Department of Ophthalmology (Raffa), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, and from the Faculty of Medicine (Raffa, Basalem), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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