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Loss of vision due to a physiologic pituitary enlargement during normal pregnancy

Toshihiro Inoue1, Akihiro Hotta, Maiko Awai

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan. noel@da2.so-net.ne.jp

Graefe'S Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht Von Graefes Archiv Fur Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie
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