Long-term follow-up of spontaneous retinal pigment epithelium tears in age-related macular degeneration treated with anti-VEGF therapy

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-76

  Lesniak, Sebastian P ^a   Fine, Howard F ^a   Prenner, Jonathan L ^a   Roth, Daniel B ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Anti VEGF therapy; Retinal pigment epithelium tear

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; PEGAPTANIB; RANIBIZUMAB;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA TEAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78650711570     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/EJO.2010.2285     Document Type: Article

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