Radiotherapy treatment of age-related subfoveal neovascular membranes in patients with good vision

Eye

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 609-616

  Hollick, Emma J ^a   Goble, Richard R ^a   Knowles, Phillipa J ^a   Ramsey, Marianne C ^b   Deutsch, George ^b   Casswell, Anthony G ^a  

^a SUSSEX EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMBRANE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RADIATION DOSE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINA TEAR; SUBFOVEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029959239     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1996.139     Document Type: Article

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