Visus prognosis and patient selection;Visusprognose und patientenselektion

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 144-149

  Gelisken, Faik ^a   Bartz Schmidt, K U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Choroidal neovascularization; Laser photocoagulation; Macular translocation; Photodynamic therapy; Submacular surgery

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER COAGULATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA TRANSLOCATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ACUITY;

CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MULTICENTER STUDIES; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PORPHYRINS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036524235     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-002-0607-z     Document Type: Article

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