Systemic amyloidosis presenting as a mass of the conjunctival semilunar fold

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 523-525

  Shields, Jerry A ^a   Eagle Jr , Ralph C ^b   Shields, Carol L ^a   Green, Margaret ^c   Singh, Arun D ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University Hospital Augusta   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033808273     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00567-5     Document Type: Article

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