TY - JOUR T1 - Inferences from beading of a retinal vein draining a choroidal melanoma. JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 764 LP - 765 DO - 10.1136/bjo.70.10.764 VL - 70 IS - 10 AU - R N Johnson AU - A R Irvine AU - D H Char Y1 - 1986/10/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/70/10/764.abstract N2 - Beading of a retinal vein draining a choroidal melanoma is reported, showing that the endothelial proliferation producing the beading is a response to some blood borne factor(s) traversing the vein and that retinal capillary non-perfusion adjacent to the beaded vein is not a necessary part of the process. ER -