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Ocular Immunology and Inflammation Volume 20, 2012 - Issue 6
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Original Article

Distinctive Clinical Features of Idiopathic versus Infectious Serpiginous Choroidopathy

Ester CarreñoOcular Immunology Unit-IOBA (Instituto Universitario de Oftalmobiología), University of Valladolid, Campus Miguel Delibes, Valladolid, Spain
, MD,
Alejandro PorteroOcular Immunology Unit, Hospital la Zarzuela-INCIVI, Calle PLéyades 25, Madrid, Spain
, MD,
José M. HerrerasOcular Immunology Unit-IOBA (Instituto Universitario de Oftalmobiología), University of Valladolid, Campus Miguel Delibes, Valladolid, Spain; and Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
, MD, PhD,
Margarita CalongeOcular Immunology Unit-IOBA (Instituto Universitario de Oftalmobiología), University of Valladolid, Campus Miguel Delibes, Valladolid, Spain
, MD, PhD &
C. Stephen FosterMassachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; and Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, MD
Pages 448-452 | Received 14 Jan 2012, Accepted 18 Aug 2012, Published online: 19 Nov 2012

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