Prophylactic laser treatment of soft drusen maculopathy: A prospective, randomized Nordic study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 720-724

  Frennesson, Christina I ^a   Bek, Toke ^b   Jaakkola, Aino ^c   Nilsson, Sven Erik G ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age related maculopathy; Laser treatment; Prophylactic measure; Soft drusen

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUSEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SOFT DRUSEN MACULOPATHY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; EXCIMER LASER; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINAL DRUSEN; SCANDINAVIA; THERAPEUTIC USE;

AGED; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LASERS, EXCIMER; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DRUSEN; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 72349086407     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01396.x     Document Type: Article

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