A randomized controlled clinical trial on the efficacy of radiation therapy in the control of subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration: Radiation versus observation

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 236, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 321-325

  Bergink, Gerrit Jan ^a   Hoyng, Carel B ^b   Van Der Maazen, Richard W M ^b   Vingerling, Johannes R ^a   Van Daal, Willem A J ^b   Deutman, August F ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; CHOROID; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OBSERVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031923411     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050085     Document Type: Article

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