Slow enlargement of choroidal nevi: A long-term follow-up study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 382-388

  Mashayekhi, Arman ^a   Siu, Sophia ^a   Shields, Carol L ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CHILD; CHOROID; CHOROIDAL NEVUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUSEN; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; METAPLASIA; NEVUS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBRETINAL FLUID; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79551551076     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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