Application of femtosecond ultrashort ulse laser to photodynamic therapy mediated by indocyanine green

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 826-831

  Sawa, M ^a,b   Awazu, K ^b   Takahashi, T ^b   Sakaguchi, H ^b   Horiike, H ^b   Ohji, M ^b   Tano, Y ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; INDOCYANINE GREEN; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SOLID STATE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; THROMBOGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; CORNEA; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GELATIN; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LASER COAGULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RABBITS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 2642587361     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.031047     Document Type: Article

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