Lamellar macular hole: A clinicopathologic correlation of surgically excised epiretinal membranes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 9074-9083

  Parolini, Barbara ^a   Schumann, Ricarda G ^b   Cereda, Matteo G ^a   Haritoglou, Christos ^b   Pertile, Grazia ^a  

^a Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD64 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; 11 CIS RETINAL BINDING PROTEIN; 11-CIS-RETINAL-BINDING PROTEIN; ACTA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ACTIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA HOLE; REVIEW; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETINA TEAR;

ACTINS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; CARRIER PROTEINS; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84857088358     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8227     Document Type: Review

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