Primary intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide for diabetic massive macular hard exudates

Retina

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 835-839

  Khairallah, Moncef ^a   Zeghidi, Hatem ^a   Ladjimi, Ahmed ^a   Yahia, Salim Ben ^a   Attia, Sonia ^a   Zaouali, Sonia ^a   Messaoud, Riadh ^a  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Diabetic macular edema; Intravitreal triamcinolone; Massive hard exudates

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 26844458225     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200510000-00003     Document Type: Article

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