Ophthalmology
Volume 118, Issue 2 , Pages 382-388 , February 2011

Slow Enlargement of Choroidal Nevi: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study

Presented in part as a paper at: the 2009 Annual Meeting of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, May 3–7, 2009, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and as a poster at: the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, October 24–27, 2009, San Francisco, California.

Received 17 January 2010 ,Revised 5 June 2010 ,Accepted 7 June 2010.

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 Statistical analysis was performed by Rishita Nutheti, MSc, PhD

 Manuscript no. 2010-82.

 Financial Disclosure(s): The author(s) have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article.

 Funding: Michael, Bruce, and Ellen Ratner, New York, NY (JAS, CLS); the Paul Kayser International Award of Merit in Retina Research, Houston, TX (JAS); Mellon Charitable Giving from the Martha W. Rogers Charitable Trust, Philadelphia, PA (CLS); and the Eye Tumor Research Foundation, Philadelphia, PA (CLS, JAS).

PII: S0161-6420(10)00607-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.06.006

Ophthalmology
Volume 118, Issue 2 , Pages 382-388 , February 2011

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