Myopic traction maculopathy: Spectral domain optical coherence tomographic imaging and a hypothesized mechanism

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-173

  Smiddy, William E ^a,c   Sung, Soo Kim ^b   Lujan, Brandon J ^a   Gregori, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOPIC TRACTION MACULOPATHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; DEGENERATIVE MYOPIA; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA TEAR; RETINOSCHISIS; VISUAL DISORDER;

DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA, DEGENERATIVE; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETINOSCHISIS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 64849115806     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20090301-21     Document Type: Article

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