Symptomatic age-related macular degeneration in Asian patients

Retina

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 435-438

  Lim, Jennifer I ^a,b   Kwok, Alvin ^a   Wilson, Deanna K ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Asian; Choroidal neovascularization; Pigment epithelial detachment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCOTOMA; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032471523     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-199805000-00009     Document Type: Article

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