First case of post-conception Verteporfin exposure: Pregnancy and neonatal outcome

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 623-624

  De Santis, Marco ^a   Carducci, Brigida ^a   De Santis, Lidia ^a   Lucchese, Angela ^a   Straface, Gianluca ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neonatal outcome; Phototherapy; Pregnancy; Verteporfin

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADULT; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 6344258569     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2004.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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