The Competency of Pars Plana Vitrectomy Incisions: A Comparative Histologic and Spectrophotometric Analysis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Gupta, Omesh P ^a   Maguire, Joseph I ^a   Eagle Jr , Ralph C ^b   Garg, Sunir J ^a   Gonye, Gregory E ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CILIARY DISK; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 58249109503     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.08.025     Document Type: Article

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