Retinal angiomatous proliferation: Natural history and progression of visual loss

Retina

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 732-739

  Viola, Francesco ^a   Massacesi, Amedeo ^b   Orzalesi, Nicola ^a   Ratiglia, Roberto ^a   Staurenghi, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b San Giuseppe Hospital Eye Clinic   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINAL ANGIOMATOUS PROLIFERATION; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; BLINDNESS; CHOROID; COLORING AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINAL VESSELS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67749114561     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181a395cb     Document Type: Article

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