Living with age-related macular degeneration treatment: Patient experiences of being treated with ranibizumab (Lucentis)(R) intravitreal injections

British Journal of Visual Impairment

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 89-101

  Thetford, Clare ^a   Hodge, Suzanne ^b   Harding, Simon ^a   Taylor, Sandra ^c   Knox, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Intravitreal injection; Lucentis; Patient experience; Ranibizumab; Service delivery; Wet age related macular degeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890150961     PISSN: 02646196     EISSN: 17445809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0264619613481778     Document Type: Article

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