Spontaneous resolution of a full thickness idiopathic macular hole: Fundus autofluorescence and OCT imaging

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1229-1231

  Milani, P ^b   Seidenari, P ^b   Carmassi, L ^a   Bottoni, F ^a  

^a S Giuseppe Hospital   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Full thickness macular hole; Fundus autofluorescence of idiopathic macular hole; OCTand macular hole; Spontaneous resolution of macular hole

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MONITORING; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SLIT LAMP; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 34447129328     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0530-0     Document Type: Article

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