Imaging of retinal autofluorescence in patients with age-related macular degeneration

Retina

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 385-389

  Solbach, Uta ^a   Keilhauer, Claudia ^a   Knabben, Hildegard ^a   Wolf, Sebastian ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; DEPIGMENTATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUSEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY;

EID: 0031424208     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-199709000-00005     Document Type: Article

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