Effect of intravitreal aflibercept injection for age-related macular degeneration with a retinal pigment epithelial tear refractory to intravitreal ranibizumab injection

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 1199-1202

  Fujii, Ayaka ^a   Imai, Hisanori ^a   Kanai, Michiko ^a   Azumi, Atsushi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aflibercept; Age related macular degeneration; Ranibizumab; Retinal pigment epithelial tear

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; RANIBIZUMAB;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA TEAR; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84903265931     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S65810     Document Type: Article

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