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Serpiginous Choroiditis

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Serpiginous choroiditis is a bilateral inflammatory process involving the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), the choriocapillaris, and the choroid, leaving behind striking RPE pigmentary changes with wavy margins (serpere = “to creep” in Latin). Synonyms: geographic or helicoid choroidopathy.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Zeynep Seymen

  2. C-MER (Shenzhen) Dennis Lam Eye Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

    Miaoli Lin

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  1. Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation, Waltham, MA, USA

    C. Stephen Foster

  2. Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation, Waltham, MA, USA

    Stephen D. Anesi

  3. Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation, Waltham, MA, USA

    Peter Y. Chang

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Seymen, Z., Lin, M. (2021). Serpiginous Choroiditis. In: Foster, C.S., Anesi, S.D., Chang, P.Y. (eds) Uveitis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52974-1_22

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