Evolution of lamellar macular hole studied by optical coherence tomography

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-20

  Theodossiadis, P G ^a   Grigoropoulos, V G ^b   Emfietzoglou, I ^b   Nikolaidis, P ^b   Vergados, I ^a   Apostolopoulos, M ^a   Theodossiadis, G P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Epiretinal membrane; Lamellar macular hole; Macular thickness; Optical coherence tomography; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 56949089444     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-008-0927-z     Document Type: Article

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