Perifoveal Laser Treatment for Subfoveal Choroidal New Vessels in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 1991, Pages 1258-1265

  Coscas, Gabriel ^a   Soubrane, Gisèle ^a   Ramahefasolo, Christiane ^a   Fardeau, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHOROID; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOVEA CENTRALIS; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMAN; LIGHT COAGULATION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0025789140     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1991.01080090082028     Document Type: Article

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