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Challenging case of unilateral mydriasis
  1. Alexander Stevenson1,
  2. Katie Yoganathan2,
  3. Jonathan Fox2,
  4. David Shackleton1
  1. 1 Accident and Emergency, West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth, UK
  2. 2 West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Alexander Stevenson, Accident and Emergency, West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth TW7 6AF, UK; alexstevenson1992{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2018-207883

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    • Contributors All authors contributed equally.

    • Funding The authors have not given a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.