Intravitreal bevacizumab in a patient with a macular star in malignant hypertension

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 336-339

  Zucchiatti, Ilaria ^a   Iacono, Pierluigi ^b   Parodi, Maurizio Battaglia ^a   Cascavilla, Maria Lucia ^a   Kontadakis, Dimitris Stelios ^a   Bandello, Francesco ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intravitreal bevacizumab; Malignant hypertension; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG RESPONSE; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, MALIGNANT; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79953663139     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/EJO.2010.5819     Document Type: Article

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