The white dot syndromes

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 538-550

  Quillen, David A ^a,f   Davis, Janet B ^b   Gottlieb, Justin L ^c   Blodi, Barbara A ^c   Callanan, David G ^d   Chang, Tom S ^e   Equi, Robert A ^e  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIORETINOPATHY; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; WHITE DOT SYNDROME;

EID: 1542357292     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.01.053     Document Type: Article

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