Giant Choroidal Nevus. Clinical Features and Natural Course in 322 Cases

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 324-333

  Li, Helen K ^a,b   Shields, Carol L ^a   Mashayekhi, Arman ^a   Randolph, Jessica D ^a   Bailey, Tehara ^a   Burnbaum, Jake ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOROID MELANOMA; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUSEN; EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CHOROIDAL NEVUS; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METAPLASIA; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NEVUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA FOVEA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBRETINAL FLUID; THICKNESS; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 75149161817     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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