Radiotherapy for age-related macular degeneration: Preliminary results of a potentially new treatment

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 861-865

  Berson, Anthony M ^a   Finger, Paul T ^a,b,c,d   Sherr, David L ^d   Emery, Richard ^a   Alfieri, Alan A ^c   Bosworth, Jay L ^d  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Macular degeneration; Radiotherapy; Subfoveal neovascularization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030292829     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00338-0     Document Type: Article

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