Laser treatment in eyes with large Drusen: Short-term effects seen in a pilot randomized clinical trial

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-23

  Sternberg, P ^a   Capone, A ^a   Aaberg, T M ^a   Hyatt, M ^a   Gilman, J ^a   Swords, R ^a   Singerman, L ^a   Rice, T A ^a   Zegarra, H ^a   Novak, M A ^a   Lichterman, S ^a   Knight, D ^a   Tilocco, K ^a   Elk, M ^a   Daley, G ^a   Greanoff, G ^a   Dubois, J ^a   Lyon, A ^a   Jampol, L ^a   Weinberg, D ^a   Chiapetta, B ^a   Strugala, Z ^a   Richine, L ^a   Fish, G E ^a   Callanan, D ^a   Anderson, T ^a   Arceneaux, S ^a   Aguado, H ^a   Nork, C ^a   Boleman, B ^a   Avery, P ^a   Solomon, S ^a   Orth, D ^a   Macleod, C ^a   Morrison, C ^a   Lluen Johnson, K ^a   Bryant, D ^a   Doherty, D ^a   Folk, J ^a   Boldt, C ^a   Fountain, C ^a   Griffin, M ^a   Heffron, E ^a   Vogel, C ^a   Ward, B ^a   Northway, R ^a   Sabates, F ^a   Schuchard, R ^a   Sabates, N ^a   Poulose, A ^a   Crosser, V ^a   Matta, C ^a   Gallimore, G ^a   Holz, E R ^a   Wood, W ^a   Wolfe, J ^a   Hawkins, L ^a   Taul, Y ^a   Oldroyd, M ^a   Cornett, L ^a   Van Arsdall, J ^a   Slade, E ^a   Harris, M ^a   Chandra, S ^a   Stevens, T ^a   Meyers, F ^a   Olsen, T ^a   Walker, W ^a   Knutson, G ^a   Harrison, R ^a   Neider, M ^a   Wabers, H ^a   Little, H ^a   Blumenkranz, M ^a   Showman, J ^a   Hahn, T ^a   Jimenez, L ^a   Matio, P ^a   Gitter, K ^a   Cohen, G ^a   Newell, K ^a   Ross, R ^a   Schomaker, K ^a   Fine, S L ^a   Brucker, A ^a   Ho, A C ^a   Maguire, A ^a   Grunwald, J ^a   Dupont, J ^a   Kirschner, J ^a   Sterling, E ^a   Sheehan, M ^a   Nyberg, B ^a   Weeney, L ^a   Reynolds, J ^a   Elkins, D ^a   Klein, M ^a   Wilson, D ^a   Nolte, S ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUSEN; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0009039018     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)90931-9     Document Type: Article

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