Ocular injuries from paintball pellets

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 533-537

  Thach, Allen B ^a   Ward, Thomas P ^a   Hollifield, Rodney D ^a   Dugel, Pravin U ^b   Sipperley, Jack O ^b   Marx, Jeffrey L ^c   Abrams, Donald A ^c   Wroblewski, Keith J ^d   Sonkin, Peter L ^e   Birdsong, Richard H ^f   Dunlap, Weldon A ^g  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RETINAL CONSULTANTS OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^d MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^f LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^g TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 12944249526     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90112-4     Document Type: Article

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