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A veil over the windows: extensive persistent pupillary membranes
  1. N Naharajakumar1,
  2. S P Christiansen2,3
  1. 1
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
  2. 2
    Departments of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
  3. 3
    Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Chief of Ophthalmology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  1. Dr Naharajakumar, 1205 Hawthorne Avenue, Apt # 309, Minneapolis, MN 55403-1211, USA; nahar002{at}umn.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2009.162750

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    • Competing interests: None.

    • Funding: Supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., to the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Minnesota Medical School.

    • Patient consent: Obtained from the parents.