25-Gauge vitrectomy to treat ocular complications of familial amyloid polyneuropathy

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 169-170

  Miyahara, Teruyoshi ^a   Ohta, Kouichi ^a   Yamamoto, Yuka ^a   Ueno, Azumi ^a   Murata, Toshinori ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

25 gauge vitrectomy; Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP); Glaucoma; Trabeculectomy; Vitreous opacity

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE INJURY; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULECTOMY; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER; VITRECTOMY;

AMYLOID; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TRABECULECTOMY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33846307114     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000212291.85669.21     Document Type: Article

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