The Significance of External Limiting Membrane Status for Visual Acuity in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Oishi, Akio ^a   Hata, Masayuki ^a   Shimozono, Masataka ^a   Mandai, Michiko ^a,b   Nishida, Akihiro ^a   Kurimoto, Yasuo ^a  

^a KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCULAR FIBROSIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBRETINAL FLUID; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS DISEASE;

EID: 77953888333     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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