Retinal sparing by selective retinal pigment epithelial photocoagulation

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1028-1034

  Roider, Johann ^a,d   Brinkmann, Ralf ^c   Wirbelauer, Christopher ^b   Laqua, Horst ^b   Birngruber, Reginald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; NEODYMIUM LASER; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIMETRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032809739     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.117.8.1028     Document Type: Article

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