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Birdshot Retinochoroidopathy: Differences in Clinical Characteristics between Patients with Early and Late Age of Onset

Sukhum Silpa-archaMassachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA;Ocular Immunology & Uveitis Foundation, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA;Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Rajavithi Hospital, College of Medicine, Rangsit University, Bangkok, Thailand
, MD,
Jennifer H. CaoMassachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA;Ocular Immunology & Uveitis Foundation, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
, MD,
Sutasinee BoonsoponMassachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA;Ocular Immunology & Uveitis Foundation, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA;Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
, MD,
Joan LeeMassachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA;Ocular Immunology & Uveitis Foundation, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
, DO,
Janine M. PrebleMassachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA;Ocular Immunology & Uveitis Foundation, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
, MS &
C. Stephen FosterMassachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA;Ocular Immunology & Uveitis Foundation, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA;Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, FACS
Pages 594-600 | Received 14 Oct 2015, Accepted 16 Feb 2016, Published online: 12 Apr 2016

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