Predicting retinal tears in posterior vitreous detachment

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 481-485

  Schweitzer, Kelly D ^a   Eneh, Amaka A ^a   Hurst, Jonathan ^a   Bona, Mark D ^a   Rahim, Karim J ^a   Sharma, Sanjay ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA TEAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; VITREOUS FLOATERS;

EID: 84455180701     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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