Determinants of patient satisfaction with photodynamic therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration or polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 368-374

  Yamashiro, Kenji ^a,b   Tsujikawa, Akitaka ^c   Nishida, Akihiro ^a,b   Kurimoto, Yasuo ^a,b  

^a KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Patient satisfaction; Photodynamic therapy; Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy; Scotoma; Visual distortion

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AGED; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 35248840433     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-007-0465-y     Document Type: Article

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