Clinicopathological correlation in exudative age related macular degeneration: Histological differentiation between classic and occult choroidal neovascularisation

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 239-243

  Lafaut, B A ^a,b   Bartz Schmidt, K U ^a   Vanden Broecke, C ^b   Aisenbrey, S ^a   De Laey, J J ^b   Heimann, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; FIBRIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PERIODIC ACID; PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; STAINING; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

AGED; CHOROID; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0034104372     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.3.239     Document Type: Article

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