Does intravitreal injection of bevacizumab have an effect on the blood-aqueus barrier function? [6]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 922-

  Ziemssen, Focke ^a   Warga, M ^a   Neuhann, I M ^a   Leitritz, M ^a   Biester, S ^a   Grisanti, S ^a   Bartz Schmidt, K U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; PEGAPTANIB; RANIBIZUMAB;

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BLOOD EYE BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG PENETRATION; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; LASER FLARE CELL METER; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MYDRIASIS; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOOD-AQUEOUS BARRIER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33745119257     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.092262     Document Type: Letter

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