Percentage of fellow eyes that develop full-thickness macular hole in patients with unilateral macular hole

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 393-394

  Kumagai, Kazuyuki ^a   Ogino, Nobuchika ^a   Hangai, Masanori ^c   Larson, Eric ^b  

^a Shinjo Ophthalmologic Institute   (Japan)

^b Miyazaki Prefectural Nursing University   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS MACULAR HOLE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA HOLE; UNILATERAL MACULAR HOLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858607370     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopthalmol.2011.1427     Document Type: Letter

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