Transpupillary thermotherapy for the treatment of subfoveal choroidal neovascularization associated with age-related macular degeneration

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 585-590

  Tranos, Paris ^a   Singh, M ^a   Peter, N M ^a   Dhir, L ^a   Kon, C ^a   Rassam, S ^a  

^a WORTHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Subfoveal choroidal neovascularization; Transpupillary thermotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUPIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 6344287561     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2004.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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