OCT-Angiography as a Help in the Diagnosis of a Laser Pointer Retinal Injury: A Case Report

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2019; 236(04): 594-597
DOI: 10.1055/a-0828-7449

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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

OCT-Angiografie ist eine Hilfe in der Diagnosestellung einer Netzhautverletzung durch Laserpointer: ein Fallbericht

Mohamed Sherif

¹Ophthalmology, Centre de Glaucome, Clinique de Montchoisi, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Jeanne Berthoud

²Cabinet dʼophtalmologie du Grand-Chêne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Jean-Antoine Pournaras

³Ophthalmology, RétinElysée, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Aude Ambresin

³Ophthalmology, RétinElysée, Lausanne, Switzerland

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