Autofluorescence of choroidal nevus in 64 cases

Retina

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1035-1043

  Shields, Carol L ^a   Pirondini, Cesare ^a   Bianciotto, Carlos ^a   Materin, Miguel A ^a   Harmon, Sarah A ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Choroid; Eye; Melanoma; Nevus; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CASE STUDY; CHOROID DISEASE; CHOROIDAL NEVUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUSEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPLASIA; NEVUS; OPTIC DISK; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL FLUID; THICKNESS; TUMOR VOLUME; ADOLESCENT; CHOROID TUMOR; EYE FUNDUS; FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; RETINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149234298     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e318181b94b     Document Type: Article

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