Comparison of macular choroidal thickness among patients older than age 65 with early atrophic age-related macular degeneration and normals

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 6307-6313

  Sigler, Eric J ^a,b   Randolph, John C ^a,b  

^a Charles Retina Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related choroidal atrophy; Age related macular degeneration; Choroid; Choroidal thickness; Drusen; Enhanced depth imaging; Spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHOROID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUSEN; HUMAN; MACULAR CHOROIDAL THICKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGE-RELATED CHOROIDAL ATROPHY; AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; CHOROID; CHOROIDAL THICKNESS; DRUSEN; ENHANCED DEPTH IMAGING; SPECTRAL-DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHOROID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84884578198     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12653     Document Type: Article

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