Fundus autofluorescence of choroidal nevus and melanoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1299-1302

  Lavinsky, Daniel ^a,b   Belfort, Rubens N ^a   Navajas, Eduardo ^a   Torres, Virginia ^a   Martins, Maria Cristina ^a   Belfort Jr , Rubens ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUSEN; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEVUS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHOROID NEOPLASMS; EYE ENUCLEATION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 34848884256     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.116665     Document Type: Article

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