Central visual loss following a motor vehicle accident: traumatic airbag maculopathy

• 1 Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney, NSW
• 2 Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, NSW
• 3 University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
• 4 Save Sight Institute, Sydney, NSW

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