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Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome (MEWDS)

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Multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) is an idiopathic inflammatory condition, characterized by multiple white dots in the fundus typically localized to the outer retina, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), or choroid.

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  1. Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Dr., Bldg. 10, Room 10N109, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Austin Fox BS, Jared E. Knickelbein MD, PhD, Robert B. Nussenblatt MD, MPH & H. Nida Sen MD, MHS

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Correspondence to H. Nida Sen MD, MHS .

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  1. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida, USA

    Carlos A. Medina

  2. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, MIAMI, Florida, USA

    Justin H. Townsend

  3. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Arun D. Singh

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Fox, A., Knickelbein, J.E., Nussenblatt, R.B., Sen, H.N. (2016). Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome (MEWDS). In: Medina, C., Townsend, J., Singh, A. (eds) Manual of Retinal Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20460-4_88

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