Intravitreal bevacizumab treatment of macular edema due to optic disc vasculitis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-58

  Erdurman, F Cüneyt ^a   Durukan, A Hakan ^a   Mumcuoǧlu, Tarkan ^a   Hürmeriç, Volkan ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anti VEGF; Behcet disease; Bevacizumab; Macular edema; Optic disc vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BEVACIZUMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC DISK VASCULITIS; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA VASCULITIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BEHCET SYNDROME; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; OPTIC DISK; RETINAL VASCULITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 67651222030     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940802491868     Document Type: Article

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