Correlation between optical coherence tomographic hyperreflective foci and visual outcomes after intravitreal bevacizumab for macular edema in branch retinal vein occlusion

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 252, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1413-1421

  Kang, Joon Won ^a   Lee, Hyungwoo ^a   Chung, Hyewon ^a   Kim, Hyung Chan ^a  

^a Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Branch retinal vein occlusion; Hyperreflective foci; Intravitreal bevacizumab; Photoreceptor; Spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894454559     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-014-2595-5     Document Type: Article

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