Verteporfin photodynamic therapy involving the optic nerve for peripapillary choroidal neovascularization

Retina

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-84

  Bernstein, Paul S ^a   Horn, Rachael Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exudative macular degeneration; Peripapillary choroidal neovascularization; Photodynamic therapy; Verteporfin

Indexed keywords

PEGAPTANIB; RANIBIZUMAB; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VERTEPORFIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 38049123469     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e31815e9351     Document Type: Article

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