Cancer-associated retinopathy caused by benign thymoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 526-528

  Tanaka, Akiko ^a   Takase, Hiroshi ^a   Adamus, Grazyna ^b   Mochizuki, Manabu ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RECOVERIN;

ADULT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER TISSUE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; SLIT LAMP; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AUTOANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERIN; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 77950854450     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.151563     Document Type: Letter

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