Efficacy of intravitreal and periocular triamcinolone associated with photodynamic therapy for treatment of retinal angiomatous proliferation

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-170

  Montero, J A ^a,b   Ruiz Moreno, J M ^b,c   Sanabria, M R ^a   Fernandez Munoz, M ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^b Retina Unit ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHOROID GYRATE ATROPHY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ANGIOMATOUS PROLIFERATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIUM ATROPHY; RETINA TEAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; STUDENT T TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; INJECTION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORBIT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITREOUS BODY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG EVALUATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; ORBIT; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 60849104792     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.141903     Document Type: Article

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