Retinal vascular plexuses' changes in dry age-related macular degeneration, evaluated by means of optical coherence tomography angiography

Retina

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1566-1572

  Toto, Lisa ^a   Borrelli, Enrico ^a   Di Antonio, Luca ^a   Carpineto, Paolo ^a   Mastropasqua, Rodolfo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; AMD; Choroid; Choroidal thickness; Optical coherence tomography angiography; Retinal vessel; Vessel density

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHOROIDAL THICKNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; CHOROID; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL VESSELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84955590149     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000000962     Document Type: Article

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