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Reconstruct Human Retinoblastoma In Vitro
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[Retinocytoma: report of five cases]
Eduardo Ferrari Marback1, Milla Dias Sampaio, Ricardo Danilo Chagas Oliveira
1Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil. marback@ufba.br
Arquivos Brasileiros De Oftalmologia
|December 23, 2009
Abstract:
Five retinocytoma cases diagnosed over 75 months are reported. The mean age at diagnosis was 193.2 months. Two cases were unilateral, one was bilateral and two exhibited retinoblastoma in the fellow eye. Clinical and ophthalmoscopic aspects, genetical implications and the need of treatment and continuous follow-up of retinocytoma patients are discussed.
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