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Cheung, C., Chee, S. Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction: paradoxical worsening of tuberculosis chorioretinitis following initiation of antituberculous therapy. Eye 23, 1472–1473 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2008.204
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