Profiling safety of intravitreal injections for retinoblastoma using an anti-reflux procedure and sterilisation of the needle track

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1084-1087

  Munier, Francis L ^a   Soliman, Sameh ^a,b   Moulin, Alexandre P ^a   Gaillard, Marie Claire ^a   Balmer, Aubin ^a   Beck Popovic, Maja ^c  

^a JULES GONIN EYE HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; MELPHALAN; RANIBIZUMAB;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NEEDLE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARBOPLATIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MALE; MELPHALAN; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; NEOPLASM SEEDING; PARACENTESIS; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERILIZATION; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84864858380     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-301016     Document Type: Article

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