Age-related macular degeneration: Therapeutic modalities;Degenera̧ão macular relacionada á idade: Modalidades terapêuticas

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 583-588

  Farah, Michel Eid ^a   Oshima, Akiyoshi ^a   Costa, Rogério Alves ^a   Sallum, Juliana Ferraz ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Setor de Retina e Vítreo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Choroidal neovascularization; Macular degeneration; Photochemoterapy; Porphyrins

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548262744     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492001000600017     Document Type: Article

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