Differential diagnosis of common etiologies of photopsia

Optometry

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 485-504

  Amos, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Entopsia; Migraine aura without headache; Migraine with aura; Photopsia; Posterior vitreous detachment; Retinal break

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIGRAINE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; VISUAL DISORDER; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION DISORDERS; VITREOUS DETACHMENT;

EID: 0033175002     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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