Silicone oil-associated optic nerve degeneration

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 392-394

  Budde, Maike ^a,b   Cursiefen, Claus ^a   Holbach, Leonard M ^a   Naumann, Gottfried O H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE OIL;

ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; EYE SURGERY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE DEGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EYE ENUCLEATION; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; NERVE DEGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; SILICONE OILS;

EID: 0035125801     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00800-X     Document Type: Article

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