Current treatment for vitreous floaters

Optometry

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 157-161

  Sendrowski, David P ^a   Bronstein, Mark A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Vitrectomy; Vitreolysis; Vitreous floaters; YAG laser

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID STATE LASER; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 77649211295     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optm.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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