The place of surgery in subfoveal neovascular treatment in age-related macular degeneration;Place de la chirurgie dans le traitement des néovaisseaux rétrofovéolaires secondaires à la dégénérescence maculaire liée à l'âge

Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 756-759

  Chauvaud, D ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Macular rotation; Macular translocation; Neovessels; Surgery

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA TRANSLOCATION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINA SURGERY; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGING; HUMANS; LIGHT COAGULATION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 0036763772     PISSN: 01815512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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