Asymptomatic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Brod, Roy D ^a   Flynn Jr , Harry W ^b  

^a 2108 Medical Office   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0029784657     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199606000-00001     Document Type: Review

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