Deflazacort treatment of cystoid macular edema in patients affected by Retinitis Pigmentosa: A pilot study

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Giusti, C ^a   Forte, R ^a   Vingolo, E M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cystoid macular edema; Deflazacort; Heidelberg retina angiograph; Humphrey visual field analyzer; Retina; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; DEFLAZACORT; DIGITALIS; DORZOLAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHAZOLAMIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE DERIVATIVE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIMETRY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REBOUND; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNENEDIONES; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0036462111     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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