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Systemic and Ophthalmic Anomalies in Congenital Anophthalmic or Microphthalmic Patients

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Oculoplastics and Orbit

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Section for Strabismus, Neuroophthalmology and Oculoplastic Surgery, Georg-August University, University Medical Center Goettingen, R.-Koch-Str. 40, Goettingen, D 37075, Germany

    Michael P. Schittkowski

  2. Hamilton Glaucoma Center Department of Ophthalmology — 0946, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0946, USA

    Rudolf F. Guthof

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rostock, Doberaner Straße 140, 18055, Rostock, Germany

    Rudolf F. Guthoff (Professor of Ophthalmology) (Professor of Ophthalmology)

  2. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, R. D. Wood Ambulatory Care Building Division of Ophthalmology, 34th Street Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    James A. Katowitz (Professor of Ophthalmology) (Professor of Ophthalmology)

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Schittkowski, M.P., Guthof, R.F. (2010). Systemic and Ophthalmic Anomalies in Congenital Anophthalmic or Microphthalmic Patients. In: Guthoff, R.F., Katowitz, J.A. (eds) Oculoplastics and Orbit. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85542-2_7

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