Age-related Macular Degeneration: What's New

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 399-404

  Koh, Adrian H C ^a   Ang, C L ^b  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Choroidal neovascularisation; Laser photocoagulation; Macular translocation; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASIA; BLINDNESS; CLASSIFICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION TREE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENE THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RADIOTHERAPY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; ASIA; BLINDNESS; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION TREES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; LIGHT COAGULATION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RADIOTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036583840     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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