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Optic Nerve Sonography in a Patient with Osteopetrosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Raffaele Nardone*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Meran/o; Department of Neurology, Christian Doppler Clinic, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
Francesco Brigo
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Meran/o; Department of Neurological, Neuropsychological, Morphological and Movement Sciences, Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona;
Andrea Orioli
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Meran/o;
Frediano Tezzon
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Meran/o;
Eugen Trinka
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Christian Doppler Clinic, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
Piergiorgio Lochner
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Meran/o; Department of Neurology, University Amedeo Avogadro, Novara, Italy;
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*Department of Neurology - “F. Tappeiner” Hospital - Meran/o, Via Rossini, 5, 39012 Meran/o (BZ) - Italy. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2014

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