Choroidal neovascularization of optic disk melanocytoma treated with bevacizumab

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 503-505

  Kamisasanuki, Taro ^a   Uchino, Eisuke ^a   Sakamoto, Taiji ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Malignancy; Melanoma; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; COLORING AGENTS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84863336487     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/ejo.5000060     Document Type: Article

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