Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy masquerading as neovascular age-related macular degeneration refractory to ranibizumab

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 666-673

  Stangos, Alexandros N ^a   Gandhi, Jagdeep Singh ^a   Nair Sahni, Jayashree ^a   Heimann, Heinrich ^a   Pournaras, Constantin J ^b   Harding, Simon P ^a,c  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; PEGAPTANIB; RANIBIZUMAB; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ANGIOMATOUS; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; CASE REPORT; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASES; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYPS; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASES; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POLYPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED;

EID: 78049452086     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.05.035     Document Type: Article

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