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Stellungnahme des BVA, der DOG und der RG zur Lasertherapie von Drusen bei altersabhängiger Makuladegeneration (AMD)

Stand August 2017

Statement from the BVA, the DOG and the RG on laser treatment of drusen in age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

August 2017

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Redaktionskomitee.

Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Robert P. Finger, Universitäts-Augenklink Bonn (federführend)

Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Carsten Framme, Universitäts-Augenklinik der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover (federführend)

Prof. Dr. med. Bernd Bertram, Augenarztpraxis Aachen

Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Frank G. Holz, Universitäts-Augenklink Bonn

Prof. Dr. med. Daniel Pauleikhoff, St.-Franziskus Hospital Münster

Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Hans Hoerauf, Universitäts-Augenklinik Göttingen

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    Diese Stellungnahme erscheint ebenfalls in der Zeitschrift Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart.

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    Berufsverband der Augenärzte Deutschlands e.V.., Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft. & Retinologische Gesellschaft e. V.. Stellungnahme des BVA, der DOG und der RG zur Lasertherapie von Drusen bei altersabhängiger Makuladegeneration (AMD). Ophthalmologe 114, 1008–1014 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00347-017-0574-z

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