Delayed closure after surgery for a full-thickness macular hole in a highly myopic eye [10]

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 341-342

  Georgalas, Ilias ^a   Ezra, Eric ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINA MACULA HOLE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 34248181563     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3129/can.j.ophthalmol.i07-042     Document Type: Letter

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