Histological findings of a surgically excised myopic choroidal neovascular membrane after photodynamic therapy. A case report

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 242, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 605-610

  Scupola, A ^a,b   Ventura, L ^b   Tiberti, A C ^a   D'Andrea, D ^a   Balestrazzi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; FLUORESCEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXCISION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MYOPIA; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 4344601759     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-004-0870-6     Document Type: Article

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