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Botulinum toxin injection causing lateral rectus palsy
  1. Celia S Chen1,
  2. Neil R Miller2
  1. 1Neuro-Ophthalmology Unit, Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  2. 2Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  1. Correspondence to: Dr N R Miller Maumenee 127, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA;nrmiller{at}jhmi.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2006.109926

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