Prefoveolar membrane in macular hole opercula formation

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 478-485

  Mizushima, Takashi ^a   Uemura, Akinori ^b   Sakamoto, Taiji ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kagoshima City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Macular hole; Operculum; Optical coherence tomography; Prefoveolar membrane; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERCULUM; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PREFOVEOLAR MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 6344264982     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-004-0104-9     Document Type: Article

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