Association between outer retinal alterations and microvascular changes in intermediate stage age-related macular degeneration: An optical coherence tomography angiography study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 774-779

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Imaging; Macula

Indexed keywords

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY DEVICE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VASCULAR PLEXUS FLOW DENSITY; DRUSEN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; MACULAR THICKNESS; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SUPERFICIAL VASCULAR PLEXUS FLOW DENSITY; EYE FUNDUS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MICROVASCULATURE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PROCEDURES; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MICROVESSELS; RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELL OUTER SEGMENT; RETINAL VESSELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84987917067     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2016-309160     Document Type: Article

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