Bilateral idiopathic multifocal retinal pigment epithelium detachments in otherwise healthy middle-aged adults: A clinicopathologic study

Retina

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 304-310

  Gass, J Donald M ^a   Bressler, Susan B ^b   Akduman, Levent ^c   Olk, Joseph ^c   Caskey, Patrick J ^d   Zimmerman, Lorenz E ^e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Anheuser Busch Eye Institute at St Louis University   (United States)

^d North Bay Vitreoretinal Consultants   (United States)

^e 8010 Medical Center East ^*

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Choroidal neovascularization; Clinicopathologic study; Multifocal Best disease; Multifocal non Best vitelliform lesions; Multifocal serous retinal pigment epithelium detachment; Soft drusen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BILATERAL IDIOPATHIC MULTIFOCAL RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DETACHMENT; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SYMPTOM; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 17144408300     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200504000-00009     Document Type: Review

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