Types of macular hole closure and their clinical implications

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1015-1019

  Kang, Se Woong ^a,b   Ahn, K ^b   Ham, D I ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOVEA NEUROSENSORY RETINA DEFECT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA INJURY; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0042205493     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.8.1015     Document Type: Article

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