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Macular Pucker, Cellophane Maculopathy, Epiretinal Membrane

Macular Pucker, Cellophane Maculopathy, Epiretinal Membrane
This pucker, in addition to the changes in the surface reflexes, shows white cotton whool spots. These are caused by a disturbance in the axoplasmic flow of the nerve fibers and disappear after surgical removal of the pucker.
Machemer, Robert, M.D., Duke Univ. Medical School, Durham, NC, USA
H35.357
Retina -> Aquired Macular Diseases -> Epiretinal Membranes
retina
1939
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