Temperature dependent fluorescence of A2-E, the main fluorescent lipofuscin component in the RPE

Current Eye Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 287-291

  Framme, Carsten ^a,b   Schüle, Georg ^a   Birngruber, Reginald ^a   Roider, Johann ^c   Schütt, Florian ^d   Kopitz, Jürgen ^e   Holz, Frank G ^f   Brinkmann, Ralf ^a  

^a MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

A2 E; Fundus autofluorescence; Fundus laser treatment; Lipofuscin; Spectral analysis; Transpupillary thermotherpy; TTT

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FLUORESCEIN; LIPOFUSCIN; LIPOFUSCIN A2 E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DILUTION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPUPILLARY THERMOTHERAPY;

FLUORESCENCE; HEAT; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RETINOIDS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 11844255441     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680490516846     Document Type: Article

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