The application of the macular photocoagulation study eligibility criteria for laser treatment in age-related macular degeneration

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 823-827

  Gelfand, Yuval A ^a,b   Linn, Shai ^a   Miller, Benjamin ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030861374     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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