Treatment of radiation maculopathy with intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (Avastin)

Retina

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 964-968

  Gupta, Aanchal ^a   Muecke, James S ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bevacizumab; Intravitreal; Macular edema; Radiation maculopathy; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; RUTHENIUM 106;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION MACULOPATHY; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RETINAL DISEASES; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUTHENIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 67649654572     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181706302     Document Type: Article

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