Full-thickness macular hole formation in idiopathic parafoveal telangiectasis

Retina

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 473-476

  Koizumi, Hideki ^a   Slakter, Jason S ^a   Spaide, Richard F ^a,b  

^a EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic parafoveal telangiectasis; Macular hole; Muller cell cone; Muller cells; Photoreceptors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC PARAFOVEAL TELANGIECTASIS; MALE; MEMBRANE; MUELLER CELL; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; TELANGIECTASIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETINAL VESSELS; TELANGIECTASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34247220408     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.iae.0000246678.93495.2f     Document Type: Article

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