Histopathological features of vitreous removed at macular hole surgery

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 478-484

  Sadda, Srinivas R ^a,b   Campochiaro, Peter A ^a   De Juan Jr , Eugene ^a   Haller, Julia A ^a   Green, W Richard ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA MACULOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0032954823     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.117.4.478     Document Type: Article

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