Safety results of two phase III trials of an intravitreous injection of highly purified ovine hyaluronidase (Vitrase®) for the management of vitreous hemorrhage

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 585.e1-585.e15

  Kuppermann, Baruch D ^a   Thomas, Edgar L ^b   De Smet, Marc D ^c   Grillone, Lisa R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RETINA VITREOUS ASSOCIATES MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ISTA Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE DISEASE; EYE IRRITATION; EYE PAIN; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; IRIS RUBEOSIS; IRITIS; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; LACRIMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 26844577329     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.06.022     Document Type: Article

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