Macular translocation for subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in age- related macular degeneration: A prospective study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-146

  Lewis, Hilel ^a   Kaiser, Peter K ^a   Lewis, Sharon ^a   Estafanous, Marc ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETINA DETACHMENT SURGERY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINOTOMY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOVEA CENTRALIS; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032769531     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00207-X     Document Type: Article

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