"Cherry-red spot" or "perifoveal white patch"?

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 609-610

  Ospina, Luis H ^a   Lyons, Christopher J ^a   McCormick, Andrew Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cherry red spot; Gangliosidosis; Mucolipidosis; Tay Sachs disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHERRY RED SPOT; CHILD; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; NERVE CELL; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SANDHOFF DISEASE; TAY SACHS DISEASE;

EID: 27644464345     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(05)80054-7     Document Type: Article

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