Retinal pigment epithelium tears following intravitreal ranibizumab therapy

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 902-903

  Kiss, Christopher ^a   Michels, Stephan ^a   Prager, Franz ^a   Geitzenauer, Wolfgang ^a   Schmidt Erfurth, Ursula ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Choroidal neovascularization; Ranibizumab; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

RANIBIZUMAB;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA TEAR; SUBRETINAL FLUID; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 36348929471     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.00928.x     Document Type: Article

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