Macular hole following photodynamic therapy

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 511-513

  Mansour, Ahmad M ^a   Husseini, Ziad M ^a   Schakal, Alex R ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORESCEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SIDE EFFECT; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

AGED; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036843817     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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