Treatment of Chronic Macular Edema with Acetazolamide

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 1190-1195

  Nigel Cox, S ^a   Hay, Elizabeth ^a   Bird, Alan C ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CYCLOPENTHIAZIDE; DICLOFENAMIDE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA EDEMA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EYE DISEASES; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; RECURRENCE; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; TIME FACTORS; VISION;

EID: 0023793580     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1988.01060140350030     Document Type: Article

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