Application of the standard photodynamic treatment protocol for symptomatic circumscribed choroidal hemangioma

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 220, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 351-355

  Vicuna Kojchen, Joaquin ^a   Banin, Eyal ^a   Averbukh, Edward ^a   Barzel, Israel ^a   Shulman, Marina ^a   Hemo, Itzhak ^a   Pe'er, Jacob ^a   Chowers, Itay ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Choroidal hemangioma; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID ANGIOMA; CHOROID TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33750902405     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095859     Document Type: Article

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