The use of corticosteroids for choroidal neovascularisation in young patients

Eye

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 266-272

  Flaxel, Christina J ^a,b   Owens, Sarah L ^a   Mulholland, Bridget ^a   Schwartz, Steven D ^a,c   Gregor, Zdenek J ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorioretinal scarring; Choroidal neovascularisation (CNV); Corticosteroid therapy; Multifocal inner choroiditis (MIC); Punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC)

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031747141     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.62     Document Type: Article

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