Evaluation of the effect of acetazolamide on cystoid macular oedema in patients with Behcet's disease

Eye

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 762-766

  Lashay, A R ^a   Rahimi, A ^a   Chams, H ^a   Davatchi, F ^a   Shahram, F ^a   Hatmi, Z N ^a   Khalkhali, H ^a   Beigi, Bijan ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetazolamide; Behcet's disease; Cystoid macular oedema; Cystoid oedema; Macular oedema

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORESCEIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MULTIVITAMIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; SULFONAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; SKIN TINGLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0141739719     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700464     Document Type: Article

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