A new technique of combined retinal and choroidal biopsy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1357-1360

  Cole, C J ^a   Kwan, A S ^b   Laidlaw, D A H ^c   Aylward, G W ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CHOROID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UVEITIS; VITREOUS BIOPSY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 53649109985     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.141697     Document Type: Article

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