Intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents as an adjunct in the management of Coats' disease in children

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-78

  Kaul, Shalini ^a   Uparkar, Mahesh ^a   Mody, Kruti ^a   Walinjkar, Jaydeep ^a   Kothari, Mihir ^a   Natarajan, S ^a  

^a ADITYA JYOT EYE HOSPITAL PVT LTD   (India)

Author keywords

Coats' disease; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; APTAMER; BEVACIZUMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PEGAPTANIB; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DISEASE; TELANGIECTASIA; VITREOUS BODY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; TELANGIECTASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 73849109765     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.58480     Document Type: Article

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