Optical coherence tomography of a giant, traumatic tear in the retinal pigment epithelium [1]

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-148

  Amiel, Howard ^a,b   Greenberg, Paul B ^a   Kachadoorian, Harry ^b   O'Brien, Michael ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Koch Eye Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLUNT TRAUMA; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LETTER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA TEAR; RETINOPEXY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 33644782780     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00606.x     Document Type: Letter

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