Use of intravitreal triamcinolone in the management of birdshot retinochoroidopathy associated with cystoid macular oedema: A case study over a three-year period

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 442-444

  Shah, Anup ^a   Branley, Michael ^a  

^a North Shore Private Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birdshot retinochoroidopathy; Cystoid macular oedema; Intravitreal triamcinolone; Posterior uveitis

Indexed keywords

HLA A29 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; TIMOLOL; TRIAMCINOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUCOCORTICOID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

A WAVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; B WAVE; CAPSULOTOMY; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VITREOUS DISEASE; YAG LASER; CHOROID DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; INJECTION; RETINA DISEASE; RETREATMENT; UVEITIS; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; CHOROID DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; RETINAL DISEASES; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UVEITIS, POSTERIOR; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 26944490005     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.01048.x     Document Type: Article

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