Macular infarction after transpupillary thermotherapy for subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 765-768

  Benner, Jeffrey D ^a,c   Ahuja, Richard M ^b   Butler, John W ^a  

^a Delmarva Vitreoretinal Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE COLOR; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFARCTION; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036845846     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)01694-X     Document Type: Article

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