Short wavelength fundus autofluorescence versus near-infrared fundus autofluorescence, with microperimetric correspondence, in patients with geographic atrophy due to age-related macular degeneration

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1140-1144

  Pilotto, Elisabetta ^a   Vujosevic, Stela ^b   Melis, Riccardo ^a   Convento, Enrica ^a   Sportiello, Patrik ^a   Alemany Rubio, Ernesto ^a,c   Segalina, Sara ^a   Midena, Edoardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^c Cuban Eye Institute Ramon Pando Ferrer   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROPERIMETRY; NEAR INFRARED FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SHORT WAVELENGTH FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 79960626155     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.187344     Document Type: Article

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