Bilateral Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in a Child with Rhabdomyosarcoma
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Accessible online at: www.onkder.org 1Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Oncology, İstanbul-Turkey 2Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Konya-Turkey 3Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Konya-Turkey 4Department of Ophthalmology, İstanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul-Turkey
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