Adjunctive bevacizumab in patients undergoing Ahmed valve implantation: A pilot study

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-137

  Rojo Arnao, María ^a   Albis Donado, Oscar D ^a   Lliteras Cardin, Manuel ^a   Kahook, Malik Y ^b   Gil Carrasco, Félix ^a  

^a Asociacion para Evitar la Ceguera en Mexico IAP   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CIPROFLOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONOMETRY; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAOCULAR; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79958129132     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20110316-02     Document Type: Article

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