Detection of drusen in the fellow eye of Japanese patients with age-related macular degeneration using scanning laser ophthalmoscopy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2165-2169

  Ishiko, Satoshi ^a,b   Akiba, Jun ^a   Horikawa, Yoshitaka ^a,b   Yoshida, Akitoshi ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; DRUSEN; ETHNIC GROUP; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; HUMANS; JAPAN; LASERS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RETINAL DRUSEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036841894     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01227-7     Document Type: Article

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