Intraretinal calcification and osseous metaplasia in coats disease.

Arch Ophthalmol

Florida Lions Ocular Pathology Laboratory, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, 33136, USA.

Published: November 2004

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