Subconjunctival bleb that forms at the injection site after intravitreal injection is drug, not vitreous

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 614-615

  Christoforidis, John B ^a   Williams, Michelle M ^b   Epitropoulos, Frank M ^b   Knopp, Michael V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; BEVACIZUMAB; IODINE 124; RANIBIZUMAB; VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; INJECTION SITE REACTION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PET SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RABBIT; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; RISK; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL BLEB;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; BLISTER; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84881095195     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12074     Document Type: Letter

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