Clinical characteristics, progression and risk factors of geographic atrophy;Klinische Merkmale, Progression und Risikofaktoren bei geographischer Atrophie

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 999-1006

  Brinkmann, C K ^a   Adrion, C ^b   Mansmann, U ^b   Schmitz Valckenberg, S ^a   Holz, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Geographic atrophy; Predictive markers; Progression; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649437236     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-010-2158-z     Document Type: Article

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