A case of cystoid macular edema associated with latanoprost ophthalmic solution

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 656-659

  Tokunaga, Takaharu ^a,b   Kashiwagi, Kenji ^b   Saito, Junko ^c   Kobayashi, Keiko ^b   Kobori, Yuko ^b   Abe, Keitetsu ^b   Tsukahara, Shigeo ^b  

^a Iida Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c Koma Kyoritsu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzalkonium chloride; Cystoid macular edema; Glaucoma; Latanoprost; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; DIPIVEFRINE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; INDOMETACIN; LATANOPROST; TIMOLOL; UNOPROSTONE ISOPROPYL ESTER;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EYE FUNDUS; EYE MALFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LENS IMPLANT; LENS SUBLUXATION; LENSECTOMY; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PROSTAGLANDINS F, SYNTHETIC; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036875491     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(02)00551-8     Document Type: Article

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