Prospective controlled evaluation on radiotherapy of subfoveolar neovascularization;Strahlentherapie der exsudativen altersabhangigen makuladegeneration. Eine prospektive kontrollierte studie

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 760-764

  Anders, Norbert ^a,c   Stahl, Holger ^a   Dorn, Alexander ^a   Walkow, Tony ^a   Hosten, Norbert ^a   Wust, Peter ^a   Hartmann, Christian ^a   Wollensak, Josef ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Charité und Virchow Klinikum ^*

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age dependent macular degeneration; Laser therapy; Neovascularization; Radiotherapy; Subfoveolar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0031593728     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470050349     Document Type: Article

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