Rapid and sustained resolution of serous retinal detachment in sturge-weber syndrome after single injection of intravitreal bevacizumab

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 358-360

  Shoeibi, Nasser ^a   Ahmadieh, Hamid ^b   Abrishami, Mojtaba ^a   Poorzand, Hoorak ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Labbafinejhad Medical Center   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bevacizumab; Serous retinal detachment; Sturge Weber syndrome

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA DETACHMENT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MALE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80053643364     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2011.589022     Document Type: Article

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