Radiotherapy for treatment of occult neovascularization in AMD;La radiotherapie des neovaisseaux occultes dans la DMLA: Premiers resultats d'une etude pilote

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 321-323

  Donati, G ^a   Pournaras, C J ^a   Soubrane, D ^a   Quaranta, M ^b   Coscas, G ^b   Soubrane, G ^b  

^a Clinique d'Ophtalmologie

^b CHI

Author keywords

Age Related Macular Degeneration; Occult neovascularization; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031866390     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1034895     Document Type: Article

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