Idiopathic Full-Thickness Macular Holes and the Vitreomacular Interface: A High-Resolution Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 881-892.e2

  Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Yoshida, Akitoshi ^a   Nagaoka, Taiji ^a   Takamiya, Akira ^a   Sato, Eiichi ^a   Kagokawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Kameyama, Daiki ^a   Sogawa, Kenji ^a   Ishiko, Satoshi ^a   Hirokawa, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA TEAR; TISSUE ADHESION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINA; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS DETACHMENT;

EID: 84865608121     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.05.024     Document Type: Article

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