Acute retinal pigment epithelial tear in the untreated fellow eye following repeated bevacizumab (Avastin™) injections [2]

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 689-690

  Mennel, Stefan ^a   Callizo, Josep ^a   Schmidt, Jörg C ^a   Meyer, Carsten H ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; RETINA TEAR; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 34547804337     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.00926.x     Document Type: Letter

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