Extensive Macular Atrophy with Pseudodrusen-like Appearance: A New Clinical Entity

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 609-620

  Hamel, Christian P ^a,b,c   Meunier, Isabelle ^a   Arndt, Carl ^a   Salah, Safouane Ben ^a   Lopez, Séverine ^a   Bazalgette, Christian ^a   Bazalgette, Cécile ^a   Zanlonghi, Xavier ^d   Arnaud, Bernard ^a   Defoort Dellhemmes, Sabine ^e   Puech, Bernard ^e  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c Montpellier University Medical Center   (France)

^d Clinique Sourdille   (France)

^e LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUSEN; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE OF ONSET; ATROPHY; BLINDNESS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; RETINAL DRUSEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 62649087476     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.10.022     Document Type: Article

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