Fixation pattern and macular sensitivity in eyes with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration. A microperimetry study

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 55-61

  Midena, Edoardo ^a,b   Radin, Pietro Paolo ^a   Pilotto, Elisabetta ^a   Ghirlando, Alessandra ^a   Convento, Enrica ^a   Varano, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Microperimetry; Retinal fixation; Subfoveal choroidal neovascularization; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCOTOMA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 10644231018     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820530490882896     Document Type: Article

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