The alabama age-related macular degeneration grading system for donor eyes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1085-1096

  Curcio, Christine A ^a   Medeiros, Nancy E ^b   Millican, C Leigh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Retina Vitreous Assoc of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; DRUSEN; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ORGAN DONOR; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; BRUCH MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL DRUSEN; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DONORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031806880     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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