Vitreofoveal attachment causing metamorphopsia: An ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography finding

Retina

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1085-1087

  Witkin, Andre J ^a   Ko, Tony H ^b   Fujimoto, James G ^b   Schuman, Joel S ^c   Reichel, Elias ^a,d   Duker, Jay S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Metamorphopsia; Optical coherence tomography; Posterior vitreous detachment; Retina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA FOVEA; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33845764743     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.iae.0000254885.17777.0e     Document Type: Article

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