Feasibility of laser-targeted photoocclusion of the choriocapillary layer in rats

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 2702-2710

  Asrani, Sanjay ^a   Zou, Shazhou ^a   D'Anna, Salvatore ^a   Lutty, Gerard ^a   Vinores, Stanley A ^a   Goldberg, Morton F ^a   Zeimer, Ran ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Choriocapillary layer; Choroidal neovascularization; Laser; Occlusion; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; LIPOSOME; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; TETRASULFOPHTHALOCYANINE ALUMINUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA INJURY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; CHOROID; DRUG CARRIERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; INDOLES; LASERS; LIPOSOMES; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RATS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0031442960     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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