A New Look at an Old Treatment for Diabetic Macular Edema

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1445-1446

  Schachat, Andrew P ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; PEGAPTANIB; RANIBIZUMAB; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE; VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY;

CATARACT; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; LASER COAGULATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; STEROID THERAPY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 50249101748     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.06.030     Document Type: Editorial

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