Is pseudophakia a risk factor for neovascular age-related macular degeneration?

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1472-1475

  Sutter, Florian K P ^a   Menghini, Moreno ^a   Barthelmes, Daniel ^a   Fleischhauer, Johannes C ^a   Kurz Levin, Malaika M ^a   Bosch, Martina M ^a   Helbig, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34248388508     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0766     Document Type: Article

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