Pigment epithelial changes with abnormal fundus autofluorescence after photodynamic therapy for idiopathic choroidal neovascularization

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-139

  Wakabayashi, Taku ^a   Gomi, Fumi ^a   Sawa, Miki ^a   Shiraki, Kunihiko ^b   Tano, Yasuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fundus autofluorescence; Idiopathic choroidal neovascularization; Photodynamic therapy; Retinal pigment epithelial alterations

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; SUBRETINAL BLEEDING; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 43049111417     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-007-0505-7     Document Type: Article

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