Posterior sub-Tenon's triamcinolone injections in the treatment of uveitis

Eye

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 679-685

  Tanner, V ^a,b   Kanski, J J ^b   Frith, P A ^a  

^a OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING EDWARD VII HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Macular oedema; Steroid; Sub Tenon's; Triamcinolone; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; PERIOCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031682758     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.168     Document Type: Article

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