Periocular corticosteroid therapy: Comments [10]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 724-725

  Vedantham, V ^a  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

CHOROID; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; LASER COAGULATION; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SCLERA; UVEITIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRALESIONAL; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UVEITIS, POSTERIOR;

EID: 1942453384     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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