Retinal and choroidal microvascular embolization with methylprednisolone

Retina

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 382-385

  Mieler, William F ^b   Gupta, Vishali ^a   Sharma, S C ^a   Gupta, Amod ^a   Dogra, M R ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CHOROID; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASES; DRAINAGE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NITROGLYCERIN; NOSE NEOPLASMS; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINAL VESSELS; SUSPENSIONS; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036627467     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200206000-00028     Document Type: Article

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