Contribution of Vitreous Cytology to Final Clinical Diagnosis. Fifteen-Year Review of Vitreous Cytology Specimens from One Institution

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1944-1950

  Wittenberg, Leah A ^a   Maberley, David A ^a   Ma, Patrick E ^a   Wade, N Kevin ^a   Gill, Harpreet ^a   White, Valerie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LENS IMPLANT; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITRECTOMY; VITRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE DISEASES; EYE INFECTIONS; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949118690     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.05.022     Document Type: Article

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