Study on macular morphology after removal of the idiopathic epiretinal membrane using the optical coherence tomography (OCT): A pilot study;Estudo da morfologia macular após a remoção da membrana epirretiniana idiopática utilizando a tomografia de coerência óptica (OCT): Um estudo piloto

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 935-938

  Saraceno, Janaína Jamile Ferreira ^a,e   Mateus, Ismênia Machado ^a   Machado, Tâmara Lopes ^a   Gonçalves, Fernando Pistarini ^a   Negretto, Alan Diego ^b,e   Nakashima, Yoshitaka ^b   Gomes, André Marcelo Vieira ^b,c   Abujamra, Suel ^b,d  

^a Instituto Suel Abujamra ISA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c ISA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Epiretinal membrane surgery; Macular edema, cystoid; Pilot projects; Tomography, optical coherence; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049106697     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492007000600009     Document Type: Article

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