Autofluorescence imaging of choroidal neovascularization due to age-related macular degeneration

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1507-1513

  Dandekar, Samantha S ^a,b   Jenkins, Sharon A ^b   Peto, Tunde ^a   Scholl, Hendrik P N ^a,b,c,d   Sehmi, Kulwant S ^a   Fitzke, Fred W ^b   Bird, Alan C ^a,b   Webster, Andrew R ^a,b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE;

EID: 27744545589     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.11.1507     Document Type: Article

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