Retinal Pigment Epithelial Detachment

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-243

  Zayit Soudry, Shiri ^a,c   Moroz, Iris ^b,c   Loewenstein, Anat ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

age related macular degeneration; choroidal neovascularization; occult CNV; retinal pigment epithelial detachment

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; NOMENCLATURE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DETACHMENT; REVIEW; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL DETACHMENT;

EID: 34247479140     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2007.02.008     Document Type: Review

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