Enzymatic vitreolysis with ocriplasmin for vitreomacular traction and macular holes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 606-615

  Stalmans, Peter ^a   Benz, Matthew S ^b   Gandorfer, Arnd ^c,d   Kampik, Anselm ^c   Girach, Aniz ^e   Pakola, Stephen ^e   Haller, Julia A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RETINA CONSULTANTS OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum   (Germany)

^e ThromboGenics   (Belgium)

^f WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCRIPLASMIN; PLACEBO;

APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE DISEASE; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHOTOPSIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA TEAR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TISSUE ADHESION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOMACULAR TRACTION; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; VITREOUS DISEASE; VITREOUS FLOATERS;

EID: 84864997151     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1110823     Document Type: Article

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