Evaluation of Patient Age as a Risk Factor for Intraocular Pressure Elevation After Intravitreal Triamcinolone

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 453-454

  Shukla, Dhananjay ^a   Vidhya, Nagasubramaniam ^a   Prasad, Noela M ^a,b   Mahalakshmi, Rajendran ^b   Kolluru, Chandarmohan ^a   Krishnadas, Ramaswami ^a  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 34548274891     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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