Functional aspects of drusen regression in age-related macular degeneration

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1345-1350

  Sallo, F B ^a,b   Rechtman, E ^a,c   Peto, T ^a   Stanescu Segall, D ^a   Vogt, G ^d   Bird, A C ^a,b   Fitzke, F W ^b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d Ministry of Defence   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUSEN; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGHT VISION; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETINAL DRUSEN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70349973078     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.150334     Document Type: Article

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