Treatment of cystoid macular edema due to acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 67-71

  Yenerel, Nursal Melda ^a   Gorgun, Ebru ^a   Dinc, Umut Asli ^a   Oncel, Murat ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE); Cystoid macular edema (CME); Intravitreal triamcinolone (IVTA)

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; EYE DISEASES; FIXATION, OCULAR; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; PERIMETRY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 41649119541     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940801904168     Document Type: Article

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