Orbital mass following injection with depot corticosteroids

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 153-155

  Jordan, David R ^a,b   Brownstein, Seymour ^a   Lee Wing, Mathew W ^a   Coupal, Dustin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complications; Depot steroids; Orbital injection; Steroids

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE PHOSPHATE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INJECTION; IRITIS; ORBIT DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BETAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; IRITIS; ORBITAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035316671     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(01)80009-0     Document Type: Article

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