Full macular translocation following photodynamic therapy in neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 834-837

  Suesskind, D ^a   Voelker, M ^a   Bartz Schmidt, K U ^a   Gelisken, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA MACULA TRANSLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 45449110250     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702738     Document Type: Article

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