Severe bilateral central serous chorioretinopathy in a black patient: 16 years follow-up

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 460-463

  Katsimpris, John M ^a,c   Pournaras, Constantin J ^b   Sehgelmeble, Carlos W ^b   Petropoulos, Ioannis K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Black patient; Chronic central serous chorioretinopathy; Diffuse retinal pigment epitheliopathy; Indocyanine green angiography; Severe course

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; JOB STRESS; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NEGRO; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL DISEASES; SERUM; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33947111961     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0342-2     Document Type: Article

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