Visual function after strontium-90 plaque irradiation in patients with age-related subfoveal choroidal neovascularization

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-61

  Jaakkola, Aino ^a   Heikkonen, Jorma ^a   Tarkkanen, Ahti ^a   Immonen, Ilkka ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Radiotherapy; Subfoveal neovascular membranes

Indexed keywords

STRONTIUM 90;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032938412     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770113.x     Document Type: Article

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