Anatomic and functional recovery of the fovea after foveal translocation surgery without large retinotomy and simultaneous excision of a neovascular membrane

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 839-842

  Fujikado, Takashi ^a   Ohji, Masahito ^a   Hayashi, Atsushi ^a   Kusaka, Shunji ^a   Tano, Yasuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINOTOMY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCLEROTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032407179     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00201-3     Document Type: Article

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