Combined subretinal and sub-retinal pigment epithelium neovascular membranes in age-related macular degeneration: A clinicopathologic study of six cases

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 645-652

  Mietz, Holger ^a   Merrill, Pauline T ^a   Lambert, H Michael ^a   Font, Ramon L ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030860906     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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