Ageing of the vitreous: From acute onset floaters and flashes to retinal detachment

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-77

  Lumi, Xhevat ^a   Hawlina, Marko ^a   Glavač, Damjan ^b   Facskó, Andrea ^c   Moe, Morten C ^d   Kaarniranta, Kai ^e   Petrovski, Goran ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute onset floaters; Ageing of the vitreous; Flashes; Photopsia; Posterior vitreous detachment; Retinal detachment

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 11; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; COLLAGEN TYPE 9; EYE DROPS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIGHT; LIQUEFACTION; NEODYMIUM YAG LASER; PATHOGENESIS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHOTOPSIAE; RETINA DETACHMENT; REVIEW; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS DISEASE; VITREOUS FLOATERS; AGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINAL DETACHMENT; VITREOUS DETACHMENT;

AGING; HUMANS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; VITREOUS DETACHMENT;

EID: 84926395790     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2015.03.006     Document Type: Review

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