Photodynamic therapy in symptomatic parafoveal telangiectasia secondary to Osler-Rendu-Weber disease [6]

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-275

  Mennel, Stefan ^a   Hoerle, Steffen ^a   Meyer, Carsten H ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOGLIN; TRIAMCINOLONE; VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY;

AGED; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; SUBRETINAL FLUID; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TELANGIECTASIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33645467499     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00519.x     Document Type: Letter

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