Choroidal neovascularization occurring concurrently in myopic eyes of monozygotic twins

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 281-283

  Matsuo, Toshihiko ^a   Seguchi, Jiro ^b   Shiraga, Fumio ^a   Takesue, Yoshiko ^c   Sakaguchi, Noriko ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Mitoyo General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Okayama Citizens Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choroidal neovascularization; Monozygotic twin; Myopia

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METAMORPHOSIS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MYOPIA; REMISSION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MYOPIA; PREDNISOLONE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036042042     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063840     Document Type: Article

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4. A twin study of age-related macular degeneration
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