Vitrectomy for stage 1 macular holes identified by optical coherence tomography

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-46

  Subramanian, Manju L ^a,b,c   Truong, Steven N ^a   Rogers, Adam H ^a   Duker, Jay S ^a   Reichel, Elias ^a   Baumal, Caroline R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TAMPON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 31344461300     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1542-8877-20060101-08     Document Type: Article

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