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Postnatal optic disc cupping in a non-glaucomatous infant with periventricular leukomalacia: nosologic implications
  1. Susannah Q Longmuir1,
  2. Michael C Brodsky2,3
  1. 1From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
  2. 2Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
  3. 3Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
  1. Correspondence to Susannah Longmuir, From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 55242-1091; susannah-longmuir{at}uiowa.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-301086

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    • Funding Supported in part by a grant to the Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic from Research to Prevent Blindness, New York, New York and Mayo Foundation.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.