Pachychoroid pigment epitheliopathy may masquerade as acute retinal pigment epitheliitis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5252-

  Pang, Claudine E ^a,b   Freund, K Bailey ^a,c  

^a VITREOUS RETINA MACULA CONSULTANTS OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY; CHOROID; CHOROIDAL THICKNESS; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; LETTER; PACHYCHOROID PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84907664113     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-14959     Document Type: Letter

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