Photodynamic therapy with delayed light application for the treatment of bilateral subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration

Karacorlu M., Karacorlu S., ÖZDEMİR M. H.

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, vol.47, no.6, pp.595-598, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 47 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jjo.2003.08.010
  • Journal Name: JAPANESE JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.595-598
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: To determine if photodynamic therapy (PDT) with delayed light application at 17 minutes after the start of infusion was effective in the second eyes of patients with bilateral subfoveal classic choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD).