The role of choroidal and retinal biopsies in the diagnosis and management of atypical presentations of uveitis

Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 103, Issue , 2005, Pages 84-92

  Lim, Lyndell L ^a   Suhler, Eric B ^a,b   Rosenbaum, James T ^a   Wilson, David J ^a,c   Albert, Daniel M ^c   Thompson, John T ^c   Elner, Susan G ^c   Cox, Morton S ^c   Mieler, William F ^c   Eagle Jr , Ralph C ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHOROID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVIEW; UVEITIS; VITRECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHOROID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UVEITIS;

EID: 29944447402     PISSN: 15456110     EISSN: 15456110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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