Ranibizumab treatment of patients with ocular diseases

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 131-140

  Dugel, Pravin U ^a  

^a RETINAL CONSULTANTS OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; BEVACIZUMAB; PEGAPTANIB; PLACEBO; RANIBIZUMAB;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750298661     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.iio.0000212142.15794.30     Document Type: Review

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