Chloroquine retinopathy: Lipofuscin- and melanin-related fundus autofluorescence, optical coherence tomography and multifocal electroretinography

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-127

  Kellner, Ulrich ^a,b   Kellner, Simone ^a,b   Weinitz, Silke ^a  

^a Augen Zentrum Siegburg   (Germany)

^b RetinaScience   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloroquine retinopathy; Fundus autofluorescence; Multifocal ERG; Near infrared fundus autofluorescence; Retinal imaging

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; LIPOFUSCIN; MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POLYARTHRITIS; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; RETINOPATHY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; CHLOROQUINE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 39649112176     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10633-007-9105-6     Document Type: Article

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