Radiation maculopathy after epimacular brachytherapy for the treatment of subfoveal choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration

Retinal Cases and Brief Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 352-354

  Navarro, Rafael ^a   Burés Jelstrup, Anniken ^a   Vásquez, Luz M ^a   Mateo, Carlos ^a   Nau, Jeffrey ^b   Corcóstegui, Borja ^a  

^a Ocular Microsurgery Institute   (Spain)

^b NeoVista   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiation; Age related macular degeneration; Brachytherapy; Choroidal neovascularization; Radiation maculopathy; Ranibizumab

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856446486     PISSN: 19351089     EISSN: 19371578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICB.0b013e3181fff2a6     Document Type: Article

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