Predictive values in macular hole repair

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1415-1416

  Hoerauf, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS HUMOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENCE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 35748938743     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.119594     Document Type: Editorial

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