Circulatory changes in the choroidal vasculature after verteporfin-based photodynamic therapy for choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration

Retina

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 618-620

  Isola, Vincenzo ^a   Pece, Alfredo ^b   Brancato, Rosario ^b  

^a Ospedale Predabissi   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blindness; Bloch Sulzberger; Incontinentia pigmenti; Phacomatosis; Retinal avascularity; Retinal neovascularization; Retinopathy of prematurity

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIODE LASER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASES; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 4043058087     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200408000-00020     Document Type: Article

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