Photodynamic therapy for vasoproliferative retinal tumors

Retina

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 404-409

  Blasi, Maria A ^a   Scupola, Andrea ^a   Tiberti, Alessandra C ^a   Sasso, Paola ^a   Balestrazzi, Emilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Photodynamic therapy; Vasoproliferative retinal tumor; Verteporfin

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; INDOCYANINE GREEN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PORPHYRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA TUMOR; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; COLORING AGENTS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HEMANGIOMA, CAPILLARY; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINAL VESSELS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33745098113     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200604000-00004     Document Type: Article

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