Autologous Translocation of the Choroid and Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Age-related Macular Degeneration

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Joussen, Antonia M ^a   Heussen, Florian M A ^a   Joeres, Sandra ^a   Llacer, Helene ^a   Prinz, Beate ^a   Rohrschneider, Klaus ^b   Maaijwee, Kristel J M ^c   van Meurs, Jan ^c   Kirchhof, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CHOROID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EXPLANT; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; LIGHT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERIMETRY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TRANSPLANT COORDINATOR; VASCULARIZATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREORETINOPATHY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 33745394637     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.01.090     Document Type: Article

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