Trans-tenon retrobulbar triamcinolone infusion for chronic macular edema in central and branch retinal vein occlusion

Retina

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 964-967

  Wakabayashi, Toshiko ^a   Okada, Annabelle A ^a   Morimura, Yoshihiro ^a   Kojima, Eri ^a   Asano, Yuka ^a   Hirakata, Akito ^a   Hida, Tetsuo ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branch retinal vein occlusion; Central retinal vein occlusion; Macular edema; Triamcinolone acetonide

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 10644248274     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200412000-00020     Document Type: Article

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