When seeing is not believing: a scope mistaken for a foreign body
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Authors
- İbrahim Üntan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6958-3625)
- Sultan Untan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2085-4732)
Institutions
- Ahi Evran University (TR)
- Ankara Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- S.B. Keçiören Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- Education Training And Research (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diagnosis
- Published
- 2026-08-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1515/dx-2026-0150
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00