Isolated choroidal melanocytosis: A distinct clinical entity?

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1522-1527

  Augsburger, James J ^a   Trichopoulos, Nikolaos ^b   Corrêa, Zélia M ^a,c   Hershberger, Vrinda ^c  

^a Health Professions Building ^*  (United States)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Florida Eye Clinic in Altamonte Springs   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroidal melanocytosis; Choroidal melanoma; Melanocytic choroidal nevus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHOROID DISEASE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EYE COLOR; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHOROID DISEASES; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33750995539     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0276-8     Document Type: Article

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