Choroidal Remodeling in Age-related Macular Degeneration and Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy: A 12-month Prospective Study

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Ting, Daniel Shu Wei ^a,b   Yanagi, Yasuo ^a,b   Agrawal, Rupesh ^a,c,d   Teo, Hwei Yee ^c   Seen, Sophia ^e   Yeo, Ian Yew San ^a,b   Mathur, Ranjana ^a,b   Chan, Choi Mun ^a   Lee, Shu Yen ^a,b   Wong, Edmund Yick Mun ^a,b   Wong, Doric ^a,b   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b   Cheung, Gemmy Chui Ming ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHOROID; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; POLYP; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 85038420423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08276-4     Document Type: Article

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