Choroidal ruptures after adjuvant intravitreal injection of bevacizumab for aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 497-499

  Atchaneeyasakul, L O ^a   Trinavarat, A ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

avastin; choroidal rupture; intravitreal bevacizumab; laser photocoagulation; retinopathy of prematurity; ROP

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID DISEASE; CHOROID RUPTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIODE LASER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MYDRIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHOROID DISEASES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INJECTIONS; MALE; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 77954232653     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2009.166     Document Type: Article

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