Verteporfin therapy for choroidal hemangioma: A long-term follow-up

Retina

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 697-703

  Michels, Stephan ^a   Michels, Rike ^a   Simader, Christian ^a   Schmidt Erfurth, Ursula ^a  

^a AKH University Hospital Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Choroidal hemangioma; Photodynamic therapy; Verteporfin

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CHOROID ANGIOMA; CHOROID TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR REGRESSION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 24344459460     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200509000-00003     Document Type: Article

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