Autofluorescence quantification of benign and malignant choroidal nevomelanocytic tumors

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1004-1008

  Albertus, Daniel L ^a   Schachar, Ira H ^a   Zahid, Sarwar ^a   Elner, Victor M ^a   Demirci, Hakan ^a   Jayasundera, Thiran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BENIGN TUMOR; CHOROID MELANOMA; CHOROIDAL NEVOMELANOCYTIC TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR GROWTH;

CHOROID NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84881637721     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.4007     Document Type: Article

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