Isolated foveal hypoplasia

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 271-274

  Querques, Giuseppe ^a   Prascina, Francesco ^a   Iaculli, Cristiana ^a   Noci, Nicola Delle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorescein angiography; Foveal hypoplasia; Fundus related perimetry; Oculocutaneous albinism; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIRIDIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FOVEAL HYPOPLASIA; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OCULAR ALBINISM; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; FUNDUS OCULI; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL FIELD TESTS;

EID: 68249153974     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-008-9215-5     Document Type: Article

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