Cystoid macular edema associated with fingolimod use for multiple sclerosis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-107

  Afshar, Armin R ^a   Fernandes, Joshua K ^a   Patel, Ravi D ^a   Ksiazek, Susan M ^a   Sheth, Veeral S ^a,b   Reder, Anthony T ^a   Hariprasad, Seenu M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETA1A INTERFERON; BROMFENAC; DIFLUPREDNATE; FINGOLIMOD; GLATIRAMER; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; INTERFERON BETA SERINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NATALIZUMAB; NEPAFENAC; STEROID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PROPANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; SPHINGOSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINAL THICKNESS; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ACUITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; NOTE; RETINA EXAMINATION; RETINA FOVEA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHINGOSINE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872346757     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.570     Document Type: Article

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