Clinical Characteristics of Posterior Staphyloma in Eyes with Pathologic Myopia

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Hsiang, Huang Wei ^a   Ohno Matsui, Kyoko ^a   Shimada, Noriaki ^a   Hayashi, Kengo ^a   Moriyama, Muka ^a   Yoshida, Takeshi ^a   Tokoro, Takashi ^a   Mochizuki, Manabu ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEGENERATIVE MYOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; RETINA DEGENERATION; STAPHYLOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOMICROSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 45449102068     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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