Retinoblastoma in an adult: Case report and literature review

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 188-191

  Odashiro, Alexandre Nakao ^a,b,c   Pereira, Patricia Rusa ^b   De Souza Filho, João Pessoa ^a,b   Cruess, Stephanie Ruth ^b   Burnier Jr , Miguel N ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Lyman Duff Building ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Retinoblastoma; Retinocytoma

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 18744381567     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(05)80032-8     Document Type: Article

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