Low-dose fractionated percutaneous teletherapy in subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes - Clinical results;Niedrig dosierte, fraktionierte, perkutane teletherapie bei subfovealen chorioidalen neovaskularisationen

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 466-472

  Schittkowski, Michael P ^a   Schneider, Hanka ^a   Ziegler, Peter G ^b   Vogel, Silke ^a   Guthoff, Rudolf ^a  

^a ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Macula; Radiation; Retinal neovascularization; Teletherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPIPHORA; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031904414     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470050298     Document Type: Article

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