Visual acuity, quality of life, and patient satisfaction after PDT treatment in AMD patients;Visusverlauf, lebensqualität und subjektive zufriedenheit von AMD-patienten nach abschluss einer PDT-behandlung

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 688-695

  Krummenauer, F ^a   Braun, M ^a   Dick, H B ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Photodynamic therapy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 3242765980     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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