Correlation between Octopus perimetry and fluorescein angiography after strontium-90 plaque brachytherapy for subfoveal exudative age related macular degeneration

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 763-768

  Jaakkola, Aino ^a   Vesti, Eija ^a   Immonen, Ilkka ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRONTIUM 90;

AGING; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0031815406     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.7.763     Document Type: Article

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