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Comment on the role of 3T diffusion tensor imaging in glaucoma
  1. Carlo Nucci1,
  2. Raffaele Mancino1,
  3. Alessio Martucci1,
  4. Francesca Bolacchi2,
  5. Guglielmo Manenti2,
  6. Claudio Cedrone1,
  7. Franco Culasso3,
  8. Roberto Floris2,
  9. Luciano Cerulli1,
  10. Francesco Giuseppe Garaci2,4
  1. 1Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
  2. 2Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Molecular Imaging, Interventional Radiology and Radiotherapy, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
  3. 3Health Statistics, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
  4. 4IRCCS San Raffaele, Rome, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Professor Carlo Nucci, Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, Rome 00133, Italy; nucci{at}med.uniroma2.it

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302472

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    • Contributors This letter has been conceptualised, designed and drafted by the equal contribution of all the authors.

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