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Normal Choroidal Morphology

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Recent technological advances in ophthalmic imaging, especially those in optical coherence tomography (OCT), revealed morphological changes of the choroid related to a wide number of pathological chorioretinal conditions, indicating a pivotal role in underlying disease mechanisms, in natural history of diseases, and also in response to therapeutic interventions.

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  1. Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Daniela Ferrara MD, PhD

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Andre Romano MD, PhD

  3. University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Andre Romano MD, PhD

  4. Neovista Eye Center, Americana, Brazil

    Andre Romano MD, PhD

  5. Tuft Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Jay S. Duker MD

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Ferrara, D., Romano, A., Duker, J.S. (2017). Normal Choroidal Morphology. In: Meyer, C., Saxena, S., Sadda, S. (eds) Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in Macular Diseases. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3610-8_5

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