Perifoveal vitreous detachment is the primary pathogenic event in idiopathic macular hole formation

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 215-222

  Johnson, M W ^a   Van Newkirk, M R ^a   Meyer, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA SURGERY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS DETACHMENT;

EID: 0035125869     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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