Intraocular injection of crystalline cortisone as adjunctive treatment of diabetic macular edema

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 425-427

  Jonas, Jost B ^a,b   Söfker, Antje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; FLUORESCEIN; INSULIN; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYSTAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0034886327     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(01)01010-8     Document Type: Article

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