Radiotherapy for choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in age-related macular degeneration (AMD);Radiotherapie von choroidalen neovaskularisationen (CNV) bei altersabhangiger makuladegeneration (AMD)

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 112-115

  Thölen, Adelheid M ^a   Meister, Andreas ^b   Bernasconi, Paolo P ^a   Messmer, Elmar P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄTSSPITAL ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

^b Abt Radioonkologie U   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AMD; Choroidal neovascularization; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINOPATHY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETINA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION TESTS;

EID: 0343819946     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-10528     Document Type: Article

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