Choroidal neovascularization in the Choroidal Neovascularization Prevention Trial

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1364-1372

  Niffenegger, John ^a   Zakov, Nicholas ^a   Ho, Allen C ^b  

^a Retina Associates of Cleveland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUSEN; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0011335034     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)98014-9     Document Type: Article

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