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Optical coherence tomography measures axonal loss in multiple sclerosis independently of optic neuritis

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Albrecht, P., Fröhlich, R., Hartung, HP. et al. Optical coherence tomography measures axonal loss in multiple sclerosis independently of optic neuritis. J Neurol 254, 1595–1596 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-007-0538-3

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