Retinal pigment epithelial tears following ranibizumab therapy for fibrovascular retinal pigment epithelial detachment due to occult age-related macular degeneration

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Figurska, Małgorzata ^a  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Occult exudative AMD; Ranibizumab; Retinal pigment epithelial tears

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RANIBIZUMAB;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; READING; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA TEAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBRETINAL FLUID; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84855257092     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.882198     Document Type: Article

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