Low power vs standard power transpupillary thermotherapy in patients with age-related macular degeneration and subfoveal choroidal neovascularization ineligible for photodynamic therapy

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 649-654

  Hogan, A C ^a   Kilmartin, D J ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Choroidal neovascularization; Transpupillary thermotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SLIT LAMP; TRANSPUPILLARY THERMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33745079020     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702028     Document Type: Review

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