Is axial length a risk factor for idiopathic macular hole formation?

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 393-396

  Singh, A J ^a,b   Muqit, M M K ^a   Woon, W H ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Axial length; Macular hole; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MYOPIA; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP; VITREOUS DISEASE;

AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MYOPIA; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84864278032     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: 15732630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-012-9568-7     Document Type: Article

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