Macular hole formation, progression, and surgical repair: Case series of serial optical coherence tomography and time lapse morphing video study

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gentile, Ronald C ^a,b   Landa, Gennady ^a,b   Pons, Mauricio E ^a   Eliott, Dean ^c   Rosen, Richard B ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA TEAR; TIME; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 77957911746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-10-24     Document Type: Article

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