The effect of posterior subtenon methylprednisolone acetate in the refractory diabetic macular edema: A prospective nonrandomized interventional case series

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Javadzadeh, Alireza ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TETRACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA FOVEA; SCLERA DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EYE; INJECTION; MACULAR EDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETREATMENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETREATMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33746576819     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-6-15     Document Type: Article

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