Intravitreal Tissue Plasminogen Activator to Treat Macular Edema Associated With Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 318-320

  Murakami, Tomoaki ^a   Takagi, Hitoshi ^b   Kita, Mihori ^a   Nishiwaki, Hirokazu ^a   Miyamoto, Kazuaki ^a   Ohashi, Hirokazu ^a   Watanabe, Daisuke ^a   Yoshimura, Nagahisa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HYOGO PREFECTURAL AMAGASAKI GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONTEPLASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33746275685     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.02.039     Document Type: Article

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