Subthreshold transpupillary thermotherapy for subfoveal occult choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 25-28

  Midena, Edoardo ^a   Pilotto, Elisabetta ^a   Radin, Pietro Paolo ^a   Convento, Enrica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Retinal hyperthermia; Subfoveal choroidal neovascularization; Transpupillary thermotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUPIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 10644276320     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820530490519998     Document Type: Article

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