Intractable glaucoma necessitating dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex) removal and glaucoma surgery in a child with uveitis

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kumari, Neha ^a   Parchand, Swapnil ^a   Kaushik, Sushmita ^a   Singh, Ramandeep ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BETAMETHASONE; BRIMONIDINE; BRINZOLAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DORZOLAMIDE; GLYCEROL; HOMATROPINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; MITOMYCIN; STEROID; TIMOLOL MALEATE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DETERIORATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG IMPLANT; FILTERING OPERATION; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84890288749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-201293     Document Type: Article

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