Symptoms and findings predictive for the development of new retinal breaks

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 479-484

  Van Overdam, Koen A ^a   Bettink Remeijer, Manjke Wefers ^a   Klaver, Caroline C ^b   Mulder, Paul G ^b   Moll, Annette C ^c   Van Meurs, Jan C ^a  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOPHAKIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA TEAR; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; MIDDLE AGED; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; VITREOUS DETACHMENT; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 16844379916     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.4.479     Document Type: Article

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