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. 1981 May;65(5):341–347. doi: 10.1136/bjo.65.5.341

Angioid streaks in Jamaican patients with homozygous sickle cell disease.

A M Hamilton, F M Pope, P I Condon, G Slavin, C Sowter, S Ford, R J Hayes, G R Serjeant
PMCID: PMC1039516  PMID: 7248242

Abstract

Angioid streaks were observed in 21 of 242 patients with homozygous sickle cell disease. Two morphological types were observed. There is no evidence that angioid streaks in Jamaican patients are related to pseudoxanthoma elasticum.

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