Treatment of neovascular senile maculopathy at the foveal capillary free zone with red krypton laser

Retina

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1982, Pages 127-133

  Yassur, Yuval ^a   Axer Siegel, Ruth ^a   Cohen, Shimon ^a   Svetliza, Eduardo ^a   Ben Sira, Isaac ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Foveal capillary free zone; Red krypton laser photocoagulation; Senile maculopathy; Subretinal neovascularization

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGED; CAPILLARIES; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; LASERS; MACULA LUTEA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0020363898     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-198200230-00001     Document Type: Article

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