Light Flashes as a Clue to Retinal Disease
- 1 March 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 91 (3) , 179-180
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1974.03900060187004
Abstract
Of 100 patients complaining of light flashes, excluding those with rhegmatogenous retinal separation, 23% were found to have demonstrable vitreoretinal disease. Of these, 16% had retinal breaks or holes.Keywords
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