Predictive value of fundus autofluorescence for development of geographic atrophy in age-related macular degeneration

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2655-2661

  Hwang, John Chopin ^a   Chan, Jackie W K ^a   Chang, Stanley ^a   Smith, R Theodore ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DISEASE COURSE; EYE; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LIPOFUSCIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPOFUSCIN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745646365     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1027     Document Type: Article

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