Choroidal neovascular membrane complicating traumatic choroidal rupture managed by intravitreal bevacizumab

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1872-1873

  Yadav, N K ^a   Bharghav, M ^a   Vasudha, K ^a   Shetty, K B ^a  

^a Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB;

ADULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CHOROID; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULAR MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA EDEMA; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RUPTURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHOROID; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349193025     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.370     Document Type: Letter

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