Decision-making in the treatment of subfoveal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration: An Analysis from the Patient's Perspective

Retina

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 112-116

  Bernstein, Paul S ^a,b   Seddon, Johanna M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT COAGULATION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0029922488     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-199616020-00004     Document Type: Article

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