Intravitreal administration of ranibizumab for idiopathic choroidal neovascularization in a pregnant woman

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 229, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 451-453

  Sarhianaki, A ^a   Katsimpris, A ^a   Petropoulos, I K ^b   Livieratou, A ^a   Theoulakis, P E ^c   Katsimpris, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Ophthalmological Centre of Rive   (Switzerland)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RANIBIZUMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; METAMORPHOSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SLIT LAMP; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84859558790     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: 14393999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1299207     Document Type: Article

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