Fundus autofluorescence and age-related macular degeneration

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 392-399

  Spaide, Richard F ^a  

^a VITREOUS RETINA MACULA CONSULTANTS OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMAGING; INFRARED RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

AGED; COLORING AGENTS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LIPOFUSCIN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 0037316832     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01756-6     Document Type: Article

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