Myelinated nerve fibers and retinal vascular abnormalities

Retina

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-96

  Leys, Anita M ^a   Leys, Monique J ^a,b   Hooymans, Johanna M M ^d   Craandijk, Alex ^e   Malenfant, Mario ^f   Van Germeersch, Danny ^c   Priem, Hildegaard ^b   De Laey, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c IMELDA HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

axial myopia and refractory amblyopia; branch artery and vein occlusion; myelinated nerve fibers; neovascularization; retinal vascular abnormalities; telangiectasis; vitreous hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MYELINATION; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINA NERVE CELL; TELANGIECTASIA; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0029877295     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-199616020-00001     Document Type: Article

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