Transpupillary thermotherapy for myopic choroidal neovascularization: 1-year follow-up

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 26, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 127-133

  Ozdek, Sengul ^a   Hondur, Ahmet ^a   Gurelik, Gokhan ^a   Hasanreisoglu, Berati ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Long term effect; Myopic choroidal neovascularization; Transpupillary thermotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; THICKNESS; TRANSPUPILLARY THERMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA, DEGENERATIVE; PUPIL; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33847748169     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-006-9010-0     Document Type: Article

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