Age-related macular degeneration: Choroidal ischaemia?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1020-1023

  Coleman, D Jackson ^a   Silverman, Ronald H ^a,b   Rondeau, Mark J ^c   Lloyd, Harriet O ^a   Khanifar, Aziz A ^d   Chan, R V Paul ^e  

^a Edward S Harkness Eye Institute   (United States)

^b RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Self Similar Group LLC   (United States)

^d Retina Group of Washington   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ARTICLE; B SCAN; CASE STUDY; CHOROID DISEASE; CHOROIDAL ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXUDATIVE MACULAR DEGENERATION; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CHOROID; DEGENERATION; IMAGING; MACULA; TREATMENT MEDICAL;

CHOROID; COLORING AGENTS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; ISCHEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; WET MACULAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 84880027693     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-303143     Document Type: Article

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