Accidental Nd:YAG laser-induced choroidal neovascularization

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 240-242

  Ying, Howard S ^a   Symons, Robert C A ^a   Lin, Kristie L ^a   Solomon, Sharon D ^a   Gehlbach, Peter L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Choroidal neovascularization; Fluorescein angiography; Injury; Laser; Macular hole; Nd:YAG; Neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet; Optical coherence tomography; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

VERTEPORFIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHOROID; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LASERS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; SCOTOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 43049125467     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20626     Document Type: Article

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