Evidence of retinal function using microperimetry following autologous retinal pigment epithelium-choroid graft in macular dystrophy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3143-3150

  Chen, Fred K ^a,b   Uppal, Gurmit S ^a   Rubin, Gary S ^b,c   Webster, Andrew R ^a,b   Coffey, Peter J ^b   Da Cruz, Lyndon ^a,b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; AUTOGRAFT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHOROID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED PERIMETRY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GRAFT PERFUSION; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM CHOROID GRAFT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD FLOW; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIMETRY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; READING; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHOROID; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; READING; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 48249098855     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1648     Document Type: Article

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