Foveal Anatomic Changes in a Progressing Stage 1 Macular Hole Documented by Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 806-810

  Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Nagaoka, Taiji ^a   Ishiko, Satoshi ^a   Kameyama, Daiki ^a   Yoshida, Akitoshi ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SPECTROSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77949657153     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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