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The term phacomatosis was first used in 1920 by van der Hoeve to collectively describe the groups of diseases in which hamartomata can be simultaneously noticed in:

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Acknowledgements

The pictures are courtesy of the Archives of the Department of Ophthalmology and Neuro-ophthalmology of the National Neurosurgical Scientific Institute in Hungary, for which I hereby express my gratitude (4).

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  1. Unit of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Department of Neurology & Stroke, Military Hospital, Budapest, Hungary

    Judit Somlai M.D. (Trustee)

  2. Neuro-Ophthalmology Section, Hungarian Ophthalmological Association, Budapest, Hungary

    Judit Somlai M.D. (Trustee)

  3. NOSZA Foundation (for the Prevention and Screening of Ocular Storke), Budapest, Hungary

    Judit Somlai M.D. (Trustee)

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    Tibor Kovács

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Somlai, J. (2016). Phacomatoses. In: Somlai, J., Kovács, T. (eds) Neuro-Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28956-4_39

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