American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 148, Issue 3 , Pages 439-444.e1 , September 2009

Correlation between Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Fundus Autofluorescence at the Margins of Geographic Atrophy

,Accepted 21 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.04.022

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 148, Issue 3 , Pages 439-444.e1 , September 2009

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