Full-thickness macular hole after intravitreal injection of ranibizumab in a patient with retinal pigment epithelium detachment and tear

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 469-472

  Grigoropoulos, Vlassis ^a   Emfietzoglou, John ^a   Nikolaidis, Pantelis ^a   Theodossiadis, George ^a   Theodossiadis, Panagiotis ^b  

^a HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Choroidal neovascular membrane; Macular hole; Ranibizumab; Retinal pigment epithelium detachment; Retinal pigment epithelium tear

Indexed keywords

RANIBIZUMAB;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; RETINA TEAR; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL DISORDER; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

EID: 77952799398     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067211002000235     Document Type: Article

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