Multifocal electroretinography as a predictor of maintenance of vision after photodynamic therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-18

  Mackay, Alison M ^a   Brown, Malcolm C ^a   Grierson, Ian ^b   Harding, Simon P ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age Related macular degeneration; Fluoroscein angiogram; Logistic regression; Multifocal electroretinogram; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIFOCAL ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISION TEST;

AGED; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETINA; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 38649132556     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10633-007-9071-z     Document Type: Article

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