The role of the ERG in the diagnosis and treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Gerth, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

AMD; ERG; mfERG; Outcome measure

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY; VERTEPORFIN;

CHROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; FULL FIELD ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MULTIFOCAL ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA CONE; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA TRANSLOCATION; RETINA ROD; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM ABNORMALITY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RETINA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 59049087994     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10633-008-9133-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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