Visual acuity outcomes of patients 50 years of age and older with high myopia and untreated choroidal neovascularization

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2063-2067

  Tabandeh, Homayoun ^a   Flynn Jr , Harry W ^a   Scott, Ingrid U ^a   Lewis, Mary L ^a   Rosenfeld, Philip J ^a   Rodriguez, Francisco ^b   Rodriguez, Alvaro ^b   Singerman, Lawrence J ^c   Schiffman, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fundacion Oftalmologica Nacional   (Colombia)

^c Retina Associates of Cleveland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUSEN; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033507014     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90484-0     Document Type: Article

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