Choroidal Tuberculoma in an Immunocompetent Young Patient

Xiu-fen Yang^{1, 2*}, Jun Xu¹, Kai Ma¹

¹Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Key Laboratory, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
²Department of Ophthalmology, Liaocheng Renmin Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, China

Xiu-fen Yang, Jun Xu, Kai Ma. Choroidal Tuberculoma in an Immunocompetent Young Patient[J].Chinese Medical Sciences Journal, 2011, 26(3): 194-196.

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