Histopathologic and ultrastructural findings of surgically excised choroidal neovascularization

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 745-749

  Grossniklaus, Hans E ^a,c   Green, W Richard ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LF Montgomery Ophthalmic Pathology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0031842364     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.6.745     Document Type: Article

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