Transpupillary thermotherapy in exudative, age-related macular degeneration;Transpupilläre thermotherapie bei exsudativer altersabhängiger makuladegeneration

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-114

  Haas, A ^a,b   Feigl, B ^a   Weger, M ^a  

^a Universitätsaugenklinik Graz   (Austria)

^b Universitats Augenklinik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Choroidal neovascularisation; Transpupillary thermotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCAR; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TRANSPUPILLARY THERMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUPIL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUPIL; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037673986     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-002-0709-7     Document Type: Article

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