Topographic variation of the choroidal watershed zone and its relationship to neovascularization in patients with age-related macular degeneration

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 290-296

  Mendrinos, Efstratios ^a   Pournaras, Constantin J ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Choroidal neovascularization; Choroidal watershed zone; Patterns

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; COLORING AGENTS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 65349113788     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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