Distribution of pigment epithelium autofluorescence in retinal disease state recorded in vivo and its change over time

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Von Rückmann, Andrea ^a,b   Fitzke, Fredrick W ^a   Bird, Alan C ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 0037893667     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050186     Document Type: Article

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