Fundus autofluorescence in exudative age-related macular degeneration

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 6140-6148

  Peng, Q ^a   Dong, Y ^a   Zhao, P Q ^a  

^a XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Autofluorescence; Exudative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETINA EXAMINATION; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL IMAGING; WET MACULAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 84889579809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2013.December.2.11     Document Type: Article

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