Foveal structure and thickness of retinal layers long-term after surgical peeling of idiopathic epiretinal membrane

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 744-750

  Treumer, Felix ^a   Wacker, Nina ^a   Junge, Olaf ^a   Hedderich, Jurgen ^a   Roider, Johann ^a   Hillenkamp, Jost ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MACULA THICKNESS; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL VALUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SENSORY NERVE; SURGICAL PEELING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79953275428     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6310     Document Type: Article

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