Late-onset visual decline following successful treatment of subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation with photodynamic therapy

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 491-493

  Bhatnagar, Ajay ^a   Musadiq, M ^a   Yang, Y C ^a  

^a Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Choroidal neovascular membranes; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCAR; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33645789800     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701907     Document Type: Article

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