Transpupillary thermotherapy with indocyanine green dye enhancement for the treatment of occult subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 272-277

  Kim, Judy E ^a   Shah, Kekul B ^a   Han, Dennis P ^a   Connor Jr , Thomas B ^a  

^a EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA EXUDATE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SAFETY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TRANSPUPILLARY THERMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33746679288     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20060701-02     Document Type: Article

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