Microperimetry and fundus autofluorescence in patients with early age-related macular degeneration

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1499-1503

  Midena, Edoardo ^a,b   Vujosevic, Stela ^b   Convento, Enrica ^a   Manfre', Antonio ^a   Cavarzeran, Fabiano ^a   Pitotto, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; DRUSEN; EYE FIXATION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIMETRY; RETINAL DRUSEN; RETINAL PIGMENTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 35748939752     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.119685     Document Type: Article

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