Vitreous floaters following use of dermatologic lasers

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1088-1091

  Alam, Murad ^a   Chaudhry, Nauman A ^b   Goldberg, Leonard H ^c,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b New England Retina Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SLIT LAMP; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELD; VITREOUS DISEASE; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; VITREOUS OPACITY;

ADULT; DERMATOLOGY; EYE INJURIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0036859966     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2002.02088.x     Document Type: Article

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