Intravitreal bevacizumab for the treatment of feeder vessel of subfoveal choroidal neovascularization

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 853-856

  Theodossiadis, Panagiotis G ^a,c   Grigoropoulos, V G ^b   Emfietzoglou, I ^b   Vergados, J ^a   Chalkiadakis, J ^b   Theodossiadis, G P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Bevacizumab; Feeder vessel; Fluorescein angiography; Optical coherence tomography; Subfoveal neovascularization

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VASCULOTROPIN A;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; EYE FUNDUS; INJECTION; PATHOLOGY; RETINA FOVEA; VASCULARIZATION; VITREOUS BODY;

AGED; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOVEA CENTRALIS; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 38049053085     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210701700528     Document Type: Article

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