Surodex in paediatric cataract surgery [4]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1424-1426

  Lee, S Y ^a   Chee, S P ^a,b,c   Balakrishnan, V ^a,b   Farzavandi, S ^a   Tan, D T H ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG CARRIER; STEROID; SURODEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APHAKIA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIODEGRADABILITY; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STEROID THERAPY; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TRAUMATIC CATARACT; TREATMENT INDICATION; UVEITIS;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0345305799     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.11.1424     Document Type: Letter

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