Intravitreal injection of bevacizumab to treat neovascular glaucoma

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 410-412

  Kubota, Toshiaki ^a   Aoki, Rumi ^a   Harada, Yukinori ^a   Tou, Norihiko ^a   Tawara, Akihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bevacizumab; Neovascular glaucoma; Retinal photocoagulation; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; LETTER; MALE; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TRABECULECTOMY;

AGED; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, NEOVASCULAR; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 55949125603     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-008-0573-3     Document Type: Letter

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