Radiation therapy in exudative age-related macular degeneration

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-34

  Gelisken, Oner ^a   Yazici, Bulent ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032932135     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08820539909056060     Document Type: Article

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