Transpupillary thermotherapy threshold parameters: Funduscopic, angiographic, and histologic findings in pigmented and nonpigmented rabbits

Retina

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-377

  Peyman, Gholam A ^a,d   Genaidy, Mahmoud ^a   Moshfeghi, Darius M ^a,b   Ghahramani, Fatemah ^a   Yoneya, Shin ^c   Men, Gamze ^a   Kuo, Po Cheng ^a   Bezerra, Yanno ^a   Nishiyama Ito, Yoko ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Rabbit model; Retinal pigment epithelium; Transpupillary thermotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ENUCLEATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RABBIT; RETINA INJURY; SLIT LAMP;

EID: 0037742599     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200306000-00014     Document Type: Article

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