OCT findings in patients with retinopathy after watching a solar eclipse

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 216, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 463-466

  Codenotti, Marco ^a   Patelli, Fabio ^a   Brancato, Rosario ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eclipse retinopathy; Fovea; Optical coherence tomography; Solar retinopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RADIATION INJURY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINOPATHY; SOLAR RADIATION; SYMPTOM; VITREOUS BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RADIATION INJURIES; RETINAL DISEASES; SCOTOMA; SUNLIGHT; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036960565     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067540     Document Type: Article

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