Presumed idiopathic outer lamellar defects of the fovea and chronic solar retinopathy: An OCT and fundus autofluorescence study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1483-1487

  Dell'Omo, R ^a   Konstantopoulou, K ^a   Wong, R ^a   Pavesio, C ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CHRONIC DISEASE; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTER LAMELLAR DEFECT; PATHOGENESIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINOPATHY; SOLAR RETINOPATHY; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; WELDING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RETINAL DISEASES; SUNLIGHT; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70350460033     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.157719     Document Type: Article

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