Treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis in AIDS with an intraocular sustained-release ganciclovir implant

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 515-521

  Mochizuki, Manabu ^a   Ikeda, Eiko ^a   Yoshimura, Koichi ^a   Hikita, Naofumi ^a   Nagata, Yoichi ^b   Iwamoto, Aikichi ^b   Fujino, Yujiro ^c   Eguchi, Shuichiro ^d   Oka, Shinichi ^d   Kimura, Satoshi ^c  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cytomegalovirus retinitis; Intravitreal implant; Sustained release ganciclovir

Indexed keywords

DIDANOSINE; GANCICLOVIR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG IMPLANT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RETINITIS; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG IMPLANTS; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 7344255763     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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