Spontaneous closure of bilateral full thickness macular holes without surgery: An eleven-year follow-up

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 717-720

  Scassa, C ^a   Bruno, M ^a   Ripandelli, G ^a   Giusti, Cristiano ^a   Scarinci, F ^a   Cupo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Macular hole; Optical coherence tomography (OCT); Posterior vitreous detachment; Retina; Scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VITREOUS DETACHMENT;

EID: 79960352878     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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