Centrifugal expansion of fundus autofluorescence patterns in Stargardt disease over time

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-179

  Cukras, Catherine A ^a   Wong, Wai T ^a   Caruso, Rafael ^a   Cunningham, Denise ^a   Zein, Wadih ^a   Sieving, Paul A ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COLOR FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEAR INFRARED AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STARGARDT DISEASE;

ADULT; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; ATROPHY; CHILD; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; MELANINS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856900979     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.332     Document Type: Article

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