Reduced fluorescein angiography and fundus photography use in the management of neovascular macular degeneration and macular edema during the past decade

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 542-549

  Schneider, Eric W ^a,b   Mruthyunjaya, Prithvi ^a   Talwar, Nidhi ^b   Harris Nwanyanwu, Kristen ^b   Nan, Bin ^c   Stein, Joshua D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Fluorescein angiography; Macular edema; Optical coherence tomography; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA EDEMA;

EID: 84893192579     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13034     Document Type: Article

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