Noninfectious inflammation after intravitreal injection of aflibercept: Clinical characteristics and visual outcomes

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 733-737.e1

  Goldberg, Roger A ^a,b   Shah, Chirag P ^a   Wiegand, Torsten W ^a   Heier, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a OPHTHALMIC CONSULTANTS OF BOSTON   (United States)

^b Bay Area Retina Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYBRID PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HYPOPYON; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRITIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EXUDATIVE MACULAR DEGENERATION; FEMALE; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MALE; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY; WET MACULAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 84908510760     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2014.06.019     Document Type: Article

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