Intravitreal bevacizumab for extrafoveal choroidal neovascularization after ocular trauma

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 550-552

  De Benedetto, Umberto ^a   Battaglia Parodi, Maurizio ^a   Knutsson, Karl Anders ^a   Librando, Aloisa ^b   Bandello, Francesco ^a   Lanzetta, Paolo ^c   Iacono, Pierluigi ^d  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB;

ADULT; ANGIOID STREAK; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CHOROID DISEASE; EXTRAFOVEAL CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; EYE INJURY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; CHOROID; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; EYE INJURIES; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84867019672     PISSN: 10807683     EISSN: 15577732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jop.2012.0022     Document Type: Article

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