Intraretinal crystalline deposits in neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Retina

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 542-547

  Lima, Luiz H ^a,b   Freund, K Bailey ^a,b   Klancnik Jr , James M ^a,b   Spaide, Richard F ^a,b  

^a VITREOUS RETINA MACULA CONSULTANTS OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroidal neovascularization; Intraretinal crystalline deposits; Neovascular age related macular degeneration; Retinal crystals; Spectral domainoptical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; RANIBIZUMAB; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER COAGULATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRYSTALLINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 77951159399     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181c713e4     Document Type: Article

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