Predictive value of floaters in the diagnosis of posterior vitreous detachment

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-115

  Kakehashi, Akihiro ^a   Inoda, Shigeru ^b   Shimizu, Yuka ^b   Makino, Shinji ^b   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; VITREORETINOPATHY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

EID: 0031964803     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)80250-5     Document Type: Article

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