Treatment of cystoid macular edema related to retinitis pigmentosa with intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 398-400

  Saraiva, Vinicius S ^a   Sallum, Juliana M F ^a   Farah, Michel E ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0042915795     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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