Lisch nodule asymmetry in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 243-244

  Nichols, John C ^a   Amato, Josh E ^b   Chung, Sophia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; EXCISION; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; IRIS DISEASE; LISCH NODULE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MONOCULAR DIPLOPIA; MONOCULAR VISION; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT; PTOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINDLE CELL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0037766461     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0191-3913-20030701-16     Document Type: Article

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