Effects of photodynamic therapy on the choriocapillaris and retinal pigment epithelium in the irradiated area

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 277-281

  Dewi, Nadia Artha ^a   Yuzawa, Mitsuko ^a   Tochigi, Kasumi ^a   Kawamura, Akiyuki ^a   Mori, Ryusaburo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Hypofluorescence; Indocyanine green angiography; Photodynamic therapy; Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; INDOCYANINE GREEN; VERTEPORFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXUDATIVE RETINITIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; THERAPY EFFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPILLARIES; CHOROID; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 51349114202     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-008-0551-9     Document Type: Article

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