Intravitreal injection of microplasmin for treatment of vitreomacular adhesion: Results of a prospective, randomized, sham-controlled phase ii trial (the mivi-iit trial)

Retina

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1122-1127

  Stalmans, Peter ^a   Delaey, Christophe ^b   De Smet, Marc D ^c,d   Van Dijkman, Edith ^e   Pakola, Steve ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c ZNA Middelheim Campus ^*  (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e ThromboGenics NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROPLASMIN; PLASMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VITREOMACULAR ADHESION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TISSUE ADHESIONS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS DETACHMENT;

EID: 77954734096     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181e0970a     Document Type: Article

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