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Comparisons of optic nerve head morphology parameters between the presence and absence of silent brain infarctions

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The authors are grateful to Prof. Shuhei Yamaguchi (Department of Neurology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine) for his advice on the study design, and Prof. Keiichi Onoda (Faculty of Psychology, Otemon Gakuin University) for his support on data curation.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo, Shimane, 693-8501, Japan

    Katsunori Hara, Ichiya Sano & Masaki Tanito

  2. Department of Neurology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Japan

    Atsushi Nagai

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Hara, K., Sano, I., Nagai, A. et al. Comparisons of optic nerve head morphology parameters between the presence and absence of silent brain infarctions. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 259, 1659–1660 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-020-05012-z

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