Depression despite anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatment of age-related macular degeneration

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 506-508

  Robin, Casten ^a   Rovner, Barry W ^a   Leiby, Benjamin E ^a   Tasman, William ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR;

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE VISUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77950833824     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.24     Document Type: Article

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