Abstract | PURPOSE: DESIGN: Prospective interventional case series. METHODS: Eight patients (eight eyes) with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization secondary to angioid streaks were reviewed. Standardized protocol refraction, visual acuity testing, ophthalmologic examinations, color photographs, fluorescein angiograms and indocyanine angiograms were used to evaluate the results of photodynamic therapy with verteporfin. Follow up ranged from 6 to 12 months with a mean (+/- SD) of 8.75 (+/- 2.37) months. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Murat Karacorlu, Serra Karacorlu, Hakan Ozdemir, Cem Mat |
Journal | American journal of ophthalmology
(Am J Ophthalmol)
Vol. 134
Issue 3
Pg. 360-6
(Sep 2002)
ISSN: 0002-9394 [Print] United States |
PMID | 12208247
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Photosensitizing Agents
- Porphyrins
- Verteporfin
- Indocyanine Green
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Topics |
- Adult
- Angioid Streaks
(complications, drug therapy)
- Choroidal Neovascularization
(drug therapy, etiology)
- Female
- Fluorescein Angiography
- Humans
- Indocyanine Green
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Photochemotherapy
- Photosensitizing Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Porphyrins
(therapeutic use)
- Prospective Studies
- Safety
- Verteporfin
- Visual Acuity
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