Radiation therapy for small choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 456-463

  Matsuhashi, Hideaki ^a,b   Noda, Yasuko ^a   Takahashi, Daisuke ^a   Mariya, Yasushi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Choroidal neovascularization; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033051556     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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