Vitreous haemorrhage associated with Gingko biloba use in a patient with age related macular disease [10]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1378-1379

  MacVie, Olivia P ^a,b   Harney, B A ^a  

^a Gloucestershire Eye Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; VISION; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; PHYTOTHERAPY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

AGED; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 27744488200     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.072454     Document Type: Letter

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