Myopic change in refraction due to nuclear sclerotic changes after vitreous surgery - Comparison of epimacular membrane and macular hole

Folia Ophthalmologica Japonica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 396-400

  Kawakubo, Hiroshi ^a,b   Sato, Yukihiro ^a   Shimada, Hiroyuki ^a   Amano, Kumiko ^a   Kuwajima, Akiko ^a   Matsui, Mizuo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A Minus Change in Refraction; Epimacular Membrane; Macular Hole; Nuclear Sclerotic Cataract; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS IMPLANT; MYOPIA; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTION INDEX; RETINA MACULA HOLE; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS OPACITY;

EID: 0029926926     PISSN: 00155667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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