Discriminate characteristics of photopsia in posterior vitreous detachment, retinal tears and retinal detachment

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-23

  Goodfellow, Jonathan F B ^a   Mokete, Bataung ^a   Williamson, Tom H ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flashes; Photopsia; Posterior vitreous detachment; Retinal detachment; Retinal tear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA TEAR; RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT; VISUAL DISORDER; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; VISION DISORDERS; VITREOUS DETACHMENT;

EID: 72449144941     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2009.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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