Macular hole following intravitreal ranibizumab injection for choroidal neovascular membrane caused by age-related macular degeneration

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-237

  Querques, Giuseppe ^a,b   Souied, Eric H ^a   Soubrane, Gisele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RANIBIZUMAB;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 61449130480     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01226.x     Document Type: Letter

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