Familial retinal arteriolar tortuosity: A review

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-255

  Sutter, Florian K P ^a,b   Helbig, Horst ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Familial retinal arteriolar tortuosity; Macular hemorrhages; Retinal vascular tortuosity; Spontaneous retinal hemorrhages

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ARTERIOLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINAL ARTERIOLAR TORTUOSITY; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0038708169     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(03)00029-8     Document Type: Review

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