Visual Outcome After Laser Photocoagulation for Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration: The Influence of Initial Lesion Size and Initial Visual Acuity

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 480-488

  Maguire, Maureen G ^a   Fine, Stuart L ^a   Folk, James C ^a   Bressler, Neil M ^a   Javornik, Noreen B ^a   Alexander, Judith ^a   Matheny, Jim ^a   Chandra, Suresh ^a   Schachat, Andrew P ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOROID DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0028295691     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1994.01090160056023     Document Type: Article

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