Intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin®) for radiation retinopathy neovascularization [3]

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-116

  Arriola Villalobos, Pedro ^a,c   Donate López, Juan ^b   Calvo González, Cristina ^a   Reche Frutos, Juan ^a   Alejandre Alba, Nicolás ^a   Díaz Valle, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Donate Ophthalmology Centre   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CISPLATIN; NAVELBINE; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; LETTER; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; SLIT LAMP; SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; INJECTION; MAXILLA SINUS CANCER; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 39349109862     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.00977.x     Document Type: Letter

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