Restored Photoreceptor Outer Segment and Visual Recovery After Macular Hole Closure

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sano, Morihiko ^a   Shimoda, Yukitoshi ^a   Hashimoto, Hideaki ^a   Kishi, Shoji ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTORECEPTOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 58249110647     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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