An optical explanation of the entoptic phenomenon of 'clouds' in posterior vitreous detachment

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 446-451

  Serpetopoulos, Christos N ^a   Korakitis, Romylos A ^b  

^a Private Practice   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL DISORDER; VITREOUS OPACITY;

HUMANS; LIGHTING; OPTICS; VISION; VISION DISORDERS; VITREOUS DETACHMENT;

EID: 0031686091     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(98)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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