Spectral domain optical coherence tomography-determined morphologic predictors of age-related macular degeneration-associated geographic atrophy progression

Retina

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1590-1599

  Moussa, Kareem ^a   Lee, Joo Yong ^a,b   Stinnett, Sandra S ^a   Jaffe, Glenn J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

age related macular degeneration; geographic atrophy; retinal imaging; spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EYE FUNDUS; EYE INJURY; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

BRUCH MEMBRANE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84883740357     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e31828d6052     Document Type: Article

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