Retinal pigment epithelial tear after photodynamic therapy for choroidal neovascularization

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 518-520

  Gelisken, Faik ^a,b   Inhoffen, Werner ^a   Partsch, Michael ^a   Schneider, Ulrike ^a   Kreissig, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA INJURY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

AGED; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PORPHYRINS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0035056305     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00813-8     Document Type: Article

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