Ocular pathologic findings of neurofibromatosis type 2

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 389-394

  McLaughlin, Margaret E ^a,b   Pepin, Susan M ^c   MacCollin, Mia ^d   Choopong, Pitipol ^c   Lessell, Simmons ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRASCLERAL SCHWANNOMA; LENS CAPSULE; LENS EPITHELIUM; MENINGIOMA; MUELLER CELL; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA DISEASE; SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT;

ADULT; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CATARACT; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATINS; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; S100 PROTEINS; SCLERAL DISEASES;

EID: 33947268508     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.125.3.389     Document Type: Article

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