American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 150, Issue 6 , Pages 834-839 , December 2010

Inner Segment/Outer Segment Junction Assessed by Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients with Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane

  • Maiko Inoue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to Maiko Inoue, 4-57 Urafune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 232-0024, Japan
    • ,
  • Satoshi Morita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoichiro Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
    • ,
  • Tetsuji Kaneko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
    • ,
  • Shin Yamane

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
    • ,
  • Satoshi Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
    • ,
  • Akira Arakawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
    • ,
  • Kazuaki Kadonosono

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan

,Accepted 12 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.06.006

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 150, Issue 6 , Pages 834-839 , December 2010

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