Intravitreal triamcinolone for nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-78

  Hayreh, Sohan Singh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; LETTER; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; PAPILLEDEMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETINAL ARTERY; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE; VISION, LOW; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 40949146561     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31816781f3     Document Type: Letter

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