Vitreous floaters

Comprehensive Ophthalmology Update

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 171-177

  Roufail, Ed ^a   Polkinghorne, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Flashes; Floaters; Posterior vitreous detachment; Retinal breaks; Retinal tears

Indexed keywords

CATARACT EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA TEAR; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; VITREOUS DISEASE; VITREOUS FLOATERS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33749018259     PISSN: 15277313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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