Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Differential Diagnoses

  • Author: Natalio J Izquierdo, MD; Chief Editor: Hampton Roy Sr, MD   more...
 
Updated: May 5, 2010
 
 

Differential Diagnoses

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Natalio J Izquierdo, MD  Former Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Puerto Rico

Natalio J Izquierdo, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, International Society for Genetic Eye Diseases and Retinoblastoma, Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology, and Sociedad Puertorriquena de Oftalmologia

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Coauthor(s)

William Townsend, MD  Retired Professor, Chairman, and Director, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences

William Townsend, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology and American Ophthalmological Society

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Specialty Editor Board

Andrew W Lawton, MD  Medical Director of Neuro-Ophthalmology Service, Section of Ophthalmology, Baptist Eye Center, Baptist Health Medical Center

Andrew W Lawton, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, Arkansas Medical Society, and Southern Medical Association

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Simon K Law, MD, PharmD  Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute; Chief of Section of Ophthalmology Surgical Services, Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare Center, West Los Angeles

Simon K Law, MD, PharmD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Glaucoma Society, and Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

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Brian R Younge, MD  Professor of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine

Brian R Younge, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Association, American Ophthalmological Society, and North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society

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Lance L Brown, OD, MD  Ophthalmologist, Affiliated With Freeman Hospital and St John's Hospital, Regional Eye Center, Joplin, Missouri

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Chief Editor

Hampton Roy Sr, MD  Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Hampton Roy Sr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American College of Surgeons, and Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology

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