Disappearance of central confluent soft drusen following vitrectomy and ILM peeling

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 779-781

  Dithmar, S ^a   Pollithy, S ^a   Ach, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CENTRAL CONFLUENT SOFT DRUSEN; DRUSEN; DRUSENOID PIGMENT EPITHELIAL DETACHMENT; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE; LETTER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HOLE; STAINING; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84879374332     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2013.35     Document Type: Letter

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