Macular hole opercula: Ultrastructural features and clinicopathological correlation

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1381-1387

  Ezra, Eric ^a,b   Munro, Peter M G ^b   Charteris, David G ^a   Aylward, William G ^a   Luthert, Philip J ^b   Gregor, Zdenek J ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUELLER CELL; NEURITE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0031441180     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100160551004     Document Type: Article

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