Intravenous 'pulse' methylprednisolone for the treatment of inflammatory cystoid macular oedema

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1531-1533

  Kiew, SiehYean ^a,b   Forrester, John V ^b   Chee, Soon Phaik ^c,d,e   Kuffová, Lucia ^b,f  

^a Mersey Deanery   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^f ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; CATARACT; CENTRAL MACULAR THICKNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LETTER; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PINHOLE VISUAL ACUITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869882472     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-301777     Document Type: Letter

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