A comparative study of epiretinal membranes associated with Eales' disease: A clinicopathologic evaluation

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-54

  Majji, Ajit B ^a   Vemuganti, G K ^a   Shah, V A ^a   Singh, S ^b   Das, T ^a   Jalali, S ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Eales' disease; Epiretinal membrane; Histology; Idiopathic retinal vasculitis; Vascular occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EALES DISEASE; EOSINOPHIL; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MAST CELL; RETINA VASCULITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 30744458380     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701788     Document Type: Article

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