Ultrastructural Findings in the Primate Eye After Intravitreal Injection of Bevacizumab

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Peters, Swaantje ^a   Heiduschka, Peter ^a   Julien, Sylvie ^a   Ziemssen, Focke ^a   Fietz, Heike ^a   Bartz Schmidt, Karl Ulrich ^a   Schraermeyer, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Steinbeis Transfer Centre for Pathology and Toxicology of the Eye   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA INJURY; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 34248598513     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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