Pegaptanib for myopic choroidal neovascularization in a young patient

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 903-905

  Bennett, Michael D ^a   Yee, Wendy ^a  

^a Retina Center of Hawaii   (United States)

Author keywords

Myopic choroidal neovascularization; Pegaptanib sodium

Indexed keywords

MOXIFLOXACIN; PEGAPTANIB; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE BLEEDING; LASER COAGULATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYOPIA; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBRETINAL FLUID; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOPIA, DEGENERATIVE; PROGNOSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34249317600     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0472-6     Document Type: Article

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