Correlation of fundus autofluorescence with fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography in choroidal melanocytic lesions

Retina

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1257-1264

  Gunduz, Kaan ^a   Pulido, Jose S ^b   Pulido, Jose E ^b,c   Link, Thomas ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Choroidal melanoma; Choroidal nevus; Eye; Fluorescein angiography; Hyperpigmentation; Image; Imaging; Indocyanine green angiography; Lipofuscin; Melanoma; Nevus; Optical coherence tomography; Photography; Retina; Subretinal fluid; Tumor vessels

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; INDOCYANINE GREEN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IODOCYANINE GREEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CHOROID NEVUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RETINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; THICKNESS; CHOROID TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EYE FUNDUS; FLUORESCENCE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PIGMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PIGMENTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 62549125259     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e31817d5cdc     Document Type: Article

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