Torpedo maculopathy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 302-306

  Golchet, Pamela R ^a   Jampol, Lee M ^a   Mathura Jr , Jeevan R ^b   Daily, Mark J ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TORPEDO MACULOPATHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFANT; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; RETINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949507450     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.162669     Document Type: Article

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