Choroidal metastasis from medullary thyroid carcinoma in multiple endocrine neoplasia

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 607-609

  Shields, Jerry A ^a,b   Shields, Carol L ^a   Perez, Noel ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LIP; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TONGUE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0036808055     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)01634-3     Document Type: Article

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