Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 6 , Pages 490-494 , 2007

Reticular Dystrophy of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium

  • Muh-Shy Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Muh-Shy Chen, Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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  • Ching-Chung Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzu-Hsun Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • I-More Fan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ping-Kang Hou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 13 July 2006 ,Revised 5 October 2006 ,Accepted 7 November 2006.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60299-0

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60299-0

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 6 , Pages 490-494 , 2007

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