What happens to untreated asymptomatic retinal breaks, and are they affected by posterior vitreous detachment?

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1045-1050

  Byer, Norman E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA TEAR; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

EID: 0031807909     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)96006-7     Document Type: Article

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