External beam radiation therapy is not effective in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1509-1511

  Augsburger, James J ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031743944     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.11.1509     Document Type: Article

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