Macular hole formation in diabetic retinopathy: The role of coexisting macular edema

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 273-278

  Brazitikos, Periklis D ^a,b   Stangos, Nikolaus T R ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA TEAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0033287026     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002117602501     Document Type: Article

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