Topography of fundus autofluorescence using a confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope;Topographie der Fundusautofluoreszenz mit einem neuen konfokalen Scanning-Laser-Ophthalmoskop

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 385-391

  Bellmann, Caren ^a   Holz, Frank G ^a   Schapp, Oliver ^a   Völcker, Hans E ^a   Otto, Tilman P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

age related macular degeneration; autofluorescence; lipofuscin; macular dystrophy; retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPOFUSCIN; LUTEIN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPES; OPTIC DISK; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0030792426     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470050130     Document Type: Article

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