Fundus autofluorescence characteristics of nascent geographic atrophy in age-related macular degeneration

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1546-1552

  Wu, Zhichao ^a   Luu, Chi D ^a   Ayton, Lauren N ^a   Goh, Jonathan K ^a   Lucci, Lucia M ^b   Hubbard, William C ^b   Hageman, Jill L ^b   Hageman, Gregory S ^b   Guymer, Robyn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Drusen; Fundus autofluorescence; Geographic atrophy; Spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUSEN; DRUSEN ASSOCIATED ATROPHY; EYE FUNDUS; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASCENT GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINAL DRUSEN;

AGED; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL IMAGING; RETINAL DRUSEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84924266995     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-16211     Document Type: Article

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