Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for choroidal neovascularization associated with retinal pigment epithelial detachment in age-related macular degeneration

Retina

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 342-348

  Pece, Alfredo ^a,d   Isola, Vincenzo ^a   Vadalà, Maria ^b   Calori, Giliola ^c  

^a Ospedale di Melegnano   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Melegnano Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Choroidalneovascularization; Photodynamic therapy; Pigment epithelial detachment; Verteporfin

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA TEAR; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

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

EID: 33947145685     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.iae.0000239253.78495.8c     Document Type: Article

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