Drusen classification in bilateral drusen and fellow eye of exudative age-related macular degeneration

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-202

  Hamada, S ^a   Jain, S ^a   Sivagnanavel, V ^a   Patel, N ^a   Chong, N Victor ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DRUSEN; EXUDATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 33646244733     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701852     Document Type: Article

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