A phase I trial of stereotactic external beam radiation for subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes in age-related macular degeneration

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 933, 2005, Pages 827-831

  Barak, A ^a,d   Hauser, D ^a   Yipp, P ^a   Morse, L ^a   Leigh, B ^b   Kubo, D ^b   Goldberg, Z ^b   Earle, J ^b   Handa, J T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; LASER COAGULATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SLIT LAMP; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24344507345     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/17631422     Document Type: Article

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