Low-dose radiation therapy for choroidal neovascularization in age- related macular degeneration

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 803-809

  Matsuhashi, Hideaki ^a,c   Takahashi, Daisuke ^a   Noda, Yasuko ^b   Mariya, Yasushi ^a   Tarusawa, Nobuko ^a   Yoshimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Matsuyama, Shuichi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Choroidal neovascularization; Low dose radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RADIATION DOSE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; CHOROID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0029905104     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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