Macular translocation with chorioscleral outfolding: A pilot clinical study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 156-163

  Lewis, Hilel ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SCLERA; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034901379     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(01)01088-1     Document Type: Article

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