Observations on the management of Coats' disease: Less is more

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-306

  Adam, Robert S ^a   Kertes, Peter J ^b   Lam, Wai Ching ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXUDATIVE RETINITIS; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELANGIECTASIA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; CRYOSURGERY; EXUDATE; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOSURGERY; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL VESSELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TELANGIECTASIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33947599992     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.103382     Document Type: Article

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