Aqueous vascular endothelial growth factor and endothelin-1 levels in branch retinal vein occlusion associated with normal tension glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 104-109

  Sin, Bum Ho ^a   Song, Brian J ^b   Park, Sung Pyo ^a  

^a Hallym University Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch retinal vein occlusion; Endothelin 1; Intravitreal bevacizumab; Normal tension glaucoma; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; ENDOTHELIN 1; VASCULOTROPIN; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VASCULOTROPIN A; VEGFA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; CENTRAL MACULAR THICKNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; AQUEOUS HUMOR; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879441394     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3182312047     Document Type: Article

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