Additional anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy for eyes with a retinal pigment epithelial tear after the initial therapy

Retina

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 512-518

  Asao, Kazunobu ^a   Gomi, Fumi ^a,b   Sawa, Miki ^a   Nishida, Kohji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

age related macular degeneration; anti VEGF therapy; fundus autofluorescence; pigment epithelial detachment; retinal pigment epithelial tear

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84894456852     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e31829f73eb     Document Type: Article

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