Visual acuity and foveal thickness after vitrectomy for macular edema associated with branch retinal vein occlusion: A case series

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Noma, Hidetaka ^a   Funatsu, Hideharu ^a   Mimura, Tatsuya ^b   Eguchi, Shuichiro ^c   Shimada, Katsunori ^d  

^a Tokyo Women s Medical University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Eguchi Eye Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN A;

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 77951536149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-10-11     Document Type: Article

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