Choroidal nevi in adult Indians: the central India eye and medical study
A choroidal nevus is a melanocytic choroidal lesion which is less than 5 mm in its largest basal diameter and smaller than 1 mm in its height.1 The clinical importance of choroidal nevi relates to their potential malignant transformation and reported association with visual impairment.2 The reported...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) Editorial |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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7 August 2012
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British journal of ophthalmology
Year: 2012, Jahrgang: 96, Heft: 11, Pages: 1443-1444 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2079 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302164 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302164 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://bjo.bmj.com/content/96/11/1443.1 
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| Verfasserangaben: | Vinay Nangia, Jost B. Jonas, Shubhra Agarwal, Anshu Khare, Sarang Lambat, Songhomitra Panda-Jonas |
| Zusammenfassung: | A choroidal nevus is a melanocytic choroidal lesion which is less than 5 mm in its largest basal diameter and smaller than 1 mm in its height.1 The clinical importance of choroidal nevi relates to their potential malignant transformation and reported association with visual impairment.2 The reported prevalence of choroidal nevi varies from 0.2% to 30%.3 ,4 Since most data on the prevalence of choroidal nevi did not originate from population-based studies, and because population-based data have not been available particularly for the Indian population, it was the purpose of our study to determine the frequency of choroidal nevi and their associations in a population-based investigation in India. The Central India Eye and Medical Study is a population based cross sectional study performed in rural Central India.5 The Medical Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty Mannheim … |
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| ISSN: | 1468-2079 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302164 |