Efficacy of photodynamic therapy in circumscribed choroidal haemangioma

Eye

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-142

  Gupta, M ^a   Singh, Arun D ^a   Rundle, P A ^a   Rennie, I G ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choroidal neoplasms; Haemangioma; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID TUMOR; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SUBRETINAL FLUID; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1342303858     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700597     Document Type: Article

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