Age of onset of posterior vitreous detachment

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 73-76

  Yonemoto, Junichi ^a   Noda, Yuuko ^a   Masuhara, Nami ^a   Ohno, Shigeaki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

EID: 0029762420     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199606000-00012     Document Type: Review

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