Combined orbital floor betamethasone and depot methylprednisolone in uveitis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-24

  Duguid, I Graham M ^a   Ford, R L ^a   Horgan, S E ^b   Towler, H M A ^c   Lightman, S L ^b  

^a WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betamethasone; Corticosteroids; Methylprednisolone; Periocular; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; MALE; ORBIT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; INJECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BETAMETHASONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 17844382704     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940590909202     Document Type: Article

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