Acute anterior non-granulomatous uveitis after intravitreal injection of bevacizumab;Akute anteriore nichtgranulomatöse uveitis nach intravitrealer bevacizumab-injektion

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 225, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 446-447

  Hasler, Simon ^a,b   Schmid, M K ^a   Becht, C N ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Luzern Augenklinik   (Switzerland)

^b LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Bevacizumab (Avastin); Choroidal neovascularisation; Inflammation; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BEVACIZUMAB; PREDNISOLONE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRIDOCYCLITIS; PATHOGENESIS; RARE DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UVEA;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 47649105848     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027315     Document Type: Article

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