Diverse manifestations of acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy.

نویسندگان

  • P J Savino
  • R J Weinberg
  • J G Yassin
  • A R Pilkerton
چکیده

Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epithelidpathy ( A P M P P E ) is becoming a frequently described entity." The manifes­ tations of the disease, however, appear to be protean and associated with anterior and pos­ terior uveitis. This has led some authors 6 to suggest the choriocapillaris as the primary site of inflammation. Gass and Ryan and Maumenee, however, favor the retinal pig­ ment epithelium as the primary site of in­ volvement.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • American journal of ophthalmology

دوره 77 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1974