Intravitreal pegaptanib sodium (Macugen®) for treatment of diabetic macular oedema: A morphologic and functional study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 940-946

  Rinaldi, Michele ^a   Chiosi, Flavia ^a   dell'Omo, Roberto ^c   Romano, Mario R ^c   Parmeggiani, Francesco ^b   Semeraro, Francesco ^d   Mastropasqua, Rodolfo ^c   Costagliola, Ciro ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Monadi   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colour test; Diabetic macular oedema; Microperimetry; Pegaptanib

Indexed keywords

PEGAPTANIB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG MECHANISM; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAUSEA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OCULAR HYPERAEMIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ACUITY; VOMITING;

AGED; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84869027076     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04291.x     Document Type: Article

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