Spontaneous improvement in visual acuity in age-related geographic atrophy of the macula

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 356-357

  Sunness, Janet S ^a  

^a GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

AGE RELATED GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY OF THE MACULA; ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MICROPERIMETRY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84896309085     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.21     Document Type: Article

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