Effects of photodynamic therapy on subfoveal blood flow in neovascular age-related macular degeneration patients

Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 706-712

  Vinh Moreau Gaudry, V ^a   Geiser, M ^b   Romanet, J P ^a   Hera, R ^a   Millet, J Y ^a   Chiquet, C ^a,c  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c Domaine de la Merci   (France)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Neovascular age related macular degeneration; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77951110025     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.130     Document Type: Article

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