Long-Term Results after External Radiotherapy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Prospective Study

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-95

  Prettenhofer, Ulrike ^a   Haas, Anton ^a   Mayer, Ramona ^a   Stranzl, Heidi ^a   Oechs, Astrid ^a   Hackl, Arnulf ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; External radiotherapy; Long term results; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLINDNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0842328508     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-004-1177-6     Document Type: Article

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