The Role of Abnormal Vitreomacular Adhesion in Age-related Macular Degeneration: Spectral Optical Coherence Tomography and Surgical Results

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Mojana, Francesca ^a   Cheng, Lingyun ^a   Bartsch, Dirk Uwe G ^a   Silva, Gabriel A ^a,b   Kozak, Igor ^a   Nigam, Nitin ^a   Freeman, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 47549084227     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.04.027     Document Type: Article

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