Standard versus bolus photodynamic therapy in circumscribed choroidal hemangioma: Functional outcomes

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 452-458

  Pilotto, Elisabetta ^a   Urban, Francesca ^a   Parrozzani, Raffaele ^b   Midena, Edoardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Choroidal hemangioma; Microperimetry; Photodynamic therapy; Retinal sensitivity; Verteporfin

Indexed keywords

VERTEPORFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCOTOMA; TRANSPUPILLARY THERMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 79957808670     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/EJO.2011.6263     Document Type: Article

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