Spontaneous separation of epiretinal membrane in young subjects: Personal observations and review of the literature

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 242, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 977-985

  Meyer, Carsten H ^a   Rodrigues, Eduardo B ^a   Mennel, Stefan ^a   Schmidt, Jörg C ^a   Kroll, Peter ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA FOVEA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 10844267450     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-004-0934-7     Document Type: Article

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