Ultra-high resolution optical coherence tomography of retinal pigment epithelial tear following blunt trauma

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 281-283

  Chan, Annie ^b   Duker, Jay S ^a   Ko, Tony H ^b   Schuman, Joel S ^b   Fujimoto, James G ^b  

^a NEW ENGLAND EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA TEAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 32644463517     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.2.281     Document Type: Article

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