Hyporeflective wedge-shaped band in geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration: An underreported finding

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1412-1419

  Monés, Jordi ^a   Biarnés, Marc ^a   Trindade, Fabio ^a  

^a CENTRO MÉDICO TEKNON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; B SCAN; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXONS; BRUCH MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84863325889     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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