Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium: Prevalence and ocular features in the optometric population

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 547-555

  Coleman, Peggy ^a   Barnard, N A Simon ^b,c  

^a Hadassah College ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Hadassah College   (Israel)

^c Zamenhof House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bear tracks; Congenital grouped pigmentation of the retinal pigment epithelium; Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium; Familial adenomatous polyposis coli; Gardner's syndrome; Retinal pigment epithelium; Turcot's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CHILD; CHOROID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; OPTIC DISK; OPTOMETRY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GARDNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PREVALENCE; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35448948812     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2007.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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