Dexamethasone intravitreal implant (Ozurdex) for the treatment of pediatric uveitis

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 110-113

  Bratton, Monica L ^a   He, Yu Guang ^a   Weakley, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAVITREAL IMPLANT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; PEDIATRIC UVEITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84897459338     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: 15283933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2013.11.014     Document Type: Article

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