Absence of Change in Choroidal Nevi Across 5 Years in an Older Population

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-93

  Thiagalingam, Sureka ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHOROID TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NEVUS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0346724528     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.1.89     Document Type: Article

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