Corticosteroid therapy for optic disc neovascularization secondary to chronic uveitis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 724-731

  Sanislo, Steven R ^a   Lowder, Careen Y ^a   Kaiser, Peter K ^a   Gutman, Froncie A ^a   Zegarra, Hernando ^b   Dodds, Emilio M ^a   Dailey, J P ^c   Meisler, David M ^a   Cunningham Jr , Emmett T ^d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Retina Associates of Cleveland   (United States)

^c Hamot Medical Centre   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UVEITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; OPTIC DISK; PREDNISONE; RECURRENCE; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UVEITIS;

EID: 0034537552     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00598-5     Document Type: Article

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