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Red eye and visual loss in a bone marrow transplant recipient

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  1. Department of Haematology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

    Magdalena Corona-Lapuerta, Fernando Martin-Moro, Ana Lario & Javier López

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

    María Dolores Pérez-Bañón

  3. Department of Microbiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

    Juan de Dios Caballero

  4. Department of Infectious Diseases, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

    Jesús Fortún

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Corona-Lapuerta, M., Martin-Moro, F., Lario, A. et al. Red eye and visual loss in a bone marrow transplant recipient. Ann Hematol 101, 1591–1592 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-022-04778-y

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