Occult choroidal neovascularization: Influence on visual outcome in patients with age-related macular degeneration

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 400-412

  Bressler, Neil M ^a   Marsh, Marta J ^b   Maguire, Maureen G ^b   Alexander, Judith ^b   Phillips, Deborah A ^b   Javornik, Noreen B ^b   Hmer, Cheryl J ^b   Bressler, Susan B ^b   Chandra, Suresh R ^b   Flood, Timothy P ^b   Klem, Michael L ^b   Lewis, Mary Lou ^b   Schachat, Andrew P ^b   Singerman, Lawrence J ^b   Stevens, Thomas S ^b   Hawkins, Barbara S ^b   Fine, Stuart L ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KRYPTON LASER; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1942525885     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100130396006     Document Type: Article

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