American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 732-739 , November 2004

Diagnosis of macular pseudoholes and lamellar macular holes by optical coherence tomography

,Accepted 29 June 2004.

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PII: S0002-9394(04)00838-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.06.088

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 732-739 , November 2004

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