Spots before the eyes: A prevalence and clinicoradiological study of senile scleral plaques

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 198-206

  Moseley, I ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcification; Computed tomography; Eye; Sclera

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CAROTID SINUS; CATARACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA DISEASE; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0034064053     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.1999.0348     Document Type: Article

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