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Knut Evanger1, Barbara K Pierscionek, Guro Vaagbø

  • 1*MSc †PhD ‡MD §MD, PhD Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway (KE, OHH); Faculty of Science Engineering and Computing, Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, United Kingdom (BKP); Hyperbaric Medicine Unit, Department of Occupational Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway (GV, ET); Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway (ET); and Department of Ophthalmology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway (OHH).

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