Journal of AAPOS
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 88-90 , February 2009

Optic nerve sheath fenestration for an isolated optic nerve glioma

  • Deborah K. VanderVeen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Bharti R. Nihalani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Bharti R. Nihalani, MD, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
    • ,
  • Philip Barron, DC

      Affiliations

    • Barron Chiropractic and Rehabilitation P.C., Mattapan, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Richard L. Anderson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Facial Appearances, Salt Lake City, Utah

Received 14 January 2008 ,Accepted 2 July 2008.

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PII: S1091-8531(08)00290-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2008.07.009

Journal of AAPOS
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 88-90 , February 2009

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