One-year results of intravitreal bevacizumab as an adjunct to trabeculectomy for neovascular glaucoma in eyes with previous vitrectomy

Eye

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 658-659

  Miki, A ^a   Oshima, Y ^a   Otori, Y ^b   Matsushita, K ^a   Nishida, K ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; MITOMYCIN C;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; LETTER; MALE; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; OCULAR ISCHEMIC SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TRABECULECTOMY; TRANSSCLERAL CYCLOPHOTOCOAGULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 79956042386     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2011.58     Document Type: Letter

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