Optical explanation of the gradual disappearance of flying dots in posterior vitreous detachment

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-94

  Serpetopoulos, Ch ^a  

^a NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Entoptic phenomena; Flying dots; Posterior vitreous detachment; Vitreous floaters; Weiss' ring

Indexed keywords

APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; MYDRIASIS; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; VITREOUS OPACITY;

EID: 0030795170     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(97)84046-5     Document Type: Article

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