Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for retinal angiomatous proliferation

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1224-1232

  Boscia, Francesco ^a   Parodi, Maurizio Battaglia ^b   Furino, Claudio ^a   Reibaldi, Michele ^a   Sborgia, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Choroidal neovascularization; Photodynamic therapy; Retina angiomatous proliferations

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCEIN; INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ANGIOMATOUS PROLIFERATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINA TEAR; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOMATOSIS; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PORPHYRINS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33749047445     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0205-2     Document Type: Review

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