Vitrectomy for treatment of a lamellar hole in a patient with exudative macular degeneration: The role of vitreous traction elimination

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1086-1088

  Theodossiadis, Panagiotis ^a   Charonis, Alexandros ^a   Panagiotidis, Dimitrios ^a   Papathanassiou, Miltiadis ^a   Petrou, Petros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Lamellar macular hole; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMELLAR MACULAR HOLE; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 78650082803     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067211002000613     Document Type: Article

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