Intravitreal bevacizumab treatment for radiation macular edema after plaque radiotherapy for choroidal melanoma

Retina

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 903-907

  Mason III, John O ^a,b   Albert Jr , Michael A ^a,b   Persaud, Tarek O ^a,b   Vail, Rachel S ^a  

^a Retina Consultants Alabama   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroidal melanoma; Intravitreal bevacizumab; Macular edema; Radiation maculopathy; Radiation retinopathy

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 34748830341     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e31806e6042     Document Type: Article

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