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Optic Neuritis After a Snakebite: A Diagnostic Dilemma

Jeyhan Dhabhar, Varshil Mehta and Nimit Desai
Ochsner Journal March 2021, 21 (1) 90-92; DOI: https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.19.0014
Jeyhan Dhabhar
1Department of Internal Medicine, MGM Medical College, Navi Mumbai, India
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Varshil Mehta
2Department of Cardiology, Lister Hospital, Stevenage, UK
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3Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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