Frequency of congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium in familial adenomatous polyposis

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-50

  Olea, Jose L ^a   Mateos, Jose M ^a   Llompart, Alfredo ^a   Obrador, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical marker; Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium; Familial adenomatous polyposis

Indexed keywords

MARKER;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029990987     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00681.x     Document Type: Article

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