Solitary congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium: Clinical features and frequency of enlargement in 330 patients

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1968-1976

  Shields, Carol L ^a   Mashayekhi, Arman ^b   Ho, Thucanh ^b   Cater, Jacqueline ^b   Shields, Jerry A ^b  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHILD; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; CONGENITAL HYPERTROPHY OF THE RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEVUS; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0141635232     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00618-3     Document Type: Article

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