Clinical findings in a choroideremia patient who underwent vitrectomy for retinal detachment associated with macular hole

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-171

  Shinoda, Hajime ^a   Koto, Takashi ^a   Fujiki, Keiko ^b   Murakami, Akira ^b   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a   Ozawa, Yoko ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

choroideremia; macular hole; retinal detachment; vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHM GENE; CHORIORETINAL ATROPHY; CHOROIDEREMIA; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; GENE; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA HOLE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHOROIDEREMIA; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL FIELDS; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 79953712333     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-010-0911-0     Document Type: Letter

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