Treatment of pigment epithelial detachments due to age-related macular degeneration with intra-ocular C3F8 injection

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 311-317

  Gross Jendroska, Mirjam ^a,c   Flaxel, Christina J ^a,d   Schwartz, Steve D ^a,e   Holz, Frank G ^a,f   Fitzke, Fred W ^a   Gabel, Veit Peter ^b   Bird, Alan C ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Fine matrix mapping; Intravitreal gas injection; Pigment epithelial detachments

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; FLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GAS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LASER COAGULATION; NIGHT VISION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031795091     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1998.tb01335.x     Document Type: Article

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