Submacular surgery for subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes in patients with presumed ocular histoplasmosis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 991-996

  Berger, Adam S ^a   Conway, Mandi ^b   Del Priore, Lucian V ^a   Walker, Rebecca S ^a   Pollack, John S ^b   Kaplan, Henry J ^a  

^a BARNES RETINA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCULAR HISTOPLASMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA DETACHMENT; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030802821     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100160161004     Document Type: Article

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