Progression of Geographic Atrophy and Impact of Fundus Autofluorescence Patterns in Age-related Macular Degeneration

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Holz, Frank G ^a   Bindewald Wittich, Almut ^a   Fleckenstein, Monika ^a   Dreyhaupt, Jens ^b   Scholl, Hendrik P N ^a   Schmitz Valckenberg, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY;

EID: 33847073347     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.11.041     Document Type: Article

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