Intraocular microablation of choroidal tissue by a 308 nm AIDA excimer laser for RPE-transplantation in patients with age-related macular degeneration

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 82-85

  Holz, F G ^a   Bindewald, A ^a   Schutt, F ^a   Specht, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

AIDA excimer laser; Choroid; Macular degeneration; Retinal pigment epithelial cells; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; EXCIMER LASERS; METABOLITES; TISSUE;

TRANSLOCATION;

TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHOROID; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; MICROSURGERY; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

CHOROID; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSURGERY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0037398706     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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