Giant macular hole in Alport syndrome

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 314-315

  Rahman, Waheeda ^a,b   Banerjee, Somnath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alport syndrome; Giant macular hole

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPORT SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 34248181564     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3129/can.j.ophthalmol.i07-020     Document Type: Article

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