Acute posterior vitreous detachment: The predictive value of vitreous pigment and symptomatology

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1264-1268

  Tanner, V ^a   Harle, D ^a   Tan, J ^a   Foote, B ^b   Williamson, T H ^a   Chignell, A H ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA DETACHMENT SURGERY; RETINA TEAR; SURGEON; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; VITREOUS DETACHMENT;

EID: 0033753870     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.11.1264     Document Type: Article

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