Verteporfin photodynamic therapy in highly myopic subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-176

  Montero, Javier A ^a   Ruiz Moreno, J M ^a,b  

^a Inst Oftalmologico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; ONSET AGE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA FOVEA; SAFETY; SLIT LAMP; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TONOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ATROPHY; CHOROID; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; RETINAL VESSELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037309939     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.2.173     Document Type: Article

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