Photodynamic therapy of subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in age- related macular degeneration with verteporfin: One-year results of 2 randomized clinical trials - TAP report 1

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1329-1345

  Bressler, Neil M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0342632445     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.117.10.1329     Document Type: Article

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