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Primary Inflammatory Choriocapillaropathies

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Between 1968 and 1984, several diseases of the fundus were newly described. APMPPE was first reported by Donald Gass in 1968 [1]. The primary inflammatory target of the disease was attributed by him to the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).

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  1. Retinal and Inflammatory Eye Diseases, Centre for Ophthalmic Specialised Care (COS), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Carl P. Herbort Jr. MD, PD, FEBOphth

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Carl P. Herbort Jr. MD, PD, FEBOphth

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  5. USC Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Herbort, C.P. (2016). Primary Inflammatory Choriocapillaropathies. In: Zierhut, M., Pavesio, C., Ohno, S., Orefice, F., Rao, N. (eds) Intraocular Inflammation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75387-2_43

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