Perioperative use of bevacizumab in vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy: A literature review

Iranian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 5-12

  Falavarjani, Khalil Ghasemi ^a   Modarres, Mehdi ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anti vascular endothelial growth factor; Avastin; Bevacizumab; Proliferative diabetic retinopathy; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954508696     PISSN: 2345279x     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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