White dot syndrome;White-Dot-Syndrom

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-109

  Gobel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choroid; Genetic predisposition; Retinal pigment epithelium; Viral infection; White dot syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOROID DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; RETINA DISEASE; SYNDROME;

CHOROID DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; RETINAL DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 39149084361     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-007-1687-6     Document Type: Article

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