Optometry - Journal of the American Optometric Association
Volume 79, Issue 11 , Pages 687-691 , November 2008

Ocular syphilis associated with syphilitic resurgence in a human immunodeficiency virus–infected man

  • Tiffenie Harris, O.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tiffenie Harris, O.D., Indiana University School of Optometry, Community Eye Care Center, 803 N. Monroe St., Bloomington, Indiana 47404.
    • ,
  • Edwin C. Marshall, O.D.

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PII: S1529-1839(08)00470-3

doi: 10.1016/j.optm.2008.01.022

Optometry - Journal of the American Optometric Association
Volume 79, Issue 11 , Pages 687-691 , November 2008

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