Oral administration of a curcumin-phospholipid delivery system for the treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy: A 12-month follow-up study

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 939-945

  Mazzolani, Fabio ^a   Togni, Stefano ^b  

^a Private Practice   (Italy)

^b INDENA S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central serous chorioretinopathy; Curcumin; Merivaspi ; Norflospi ; Retinal pigment epithelium detachment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; MERIVA; NORFLO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINAL THICKNESS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84878200194     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S45820     Document Type: Article

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