Influence on visual acuity after changing rheological parameters in age- related macular degeneration through membrane differential filtration - First results of a prospective study;Beeinflussung des visus durch anderung rheologischer parameter bei der altersabhangigen makuladegeneration (AMD) durch die membrandifferentialfiltration - Erste ergebnisse einer randomisierten studie

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-49

  Widder, Randolf A ^a   Brunner, Richard ^a   Walter, Peter ^a   Bartz Schmidt, Karl Ulrich ^a   Godehardt, Erhard ^b   Heimann, Klaus ^a   Borberg, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood viscosity; Macular degeneration therapy; Plasmapheresis methods; Rheology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PLASMAPHERESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032781431     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1034668     Document Type: Article

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