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Severe Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Due to COVID-19-Related Epistaxis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2022

Amir R. Vosoughi  and
Jonathan A. Micieli Open the ORCID record for Jonathan A. Micieli [Opens in a new window]
Amir R. Vosoughi
Affiliation:
Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Jonathan A. Micieli*
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Kensington Vision and Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Ophthalmology, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Corresponding author: Dr. Jonathan A. Micieli, Kensington Vision and Research Centre, 501-340 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T3A9, Canada. Email: jmicieli@kensingtonhealth.org
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Keywords

EpistaxisOptic neuropathyNAIONHemorrhage
Type
Letter to the Editor: New Observation
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 50 , Issue 6 , November 2023 , pp. 939 - 940
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation

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