Ranibizumab for the treatment of exudative age-related macular degeneration associated with retinal pigment epithelial tear

Retina

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1083-1088

  Rouvas, Alexandros A ^a   Ladas, Ioannis D ^a   Georgalas, Ilias ^a   Vergados, Ioannis ^a   Papakonstantinou, Dimitrios ^a   Kotsolis, Athanasios I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Exudative age related macular degeneration; ranibizumab; retinal pigment epithelial tear

Indexed keywords

RANIBIZUMAB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA TEAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; COLORING AGENTS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; WET MACULAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 79958282894     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e318207d1a3     Document Type: Article

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