Widespread effects of clinically unilateral focal nerve injuries

Pedram Hamrah1, Afsun Sahin, Anne Louise Oaklander

  • 1aCornea Service, New England Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA bCenter for Translational Ocular Immunology, Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA cCenter for Translational Ocular Immunology, Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA dCornea and Refractive Surgery Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary eDepartment of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA fDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA gDepartment of Pathology (Neuropathology), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

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|May 18, 2017
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